Business & People
Google backs London-based property management AI
AskPorter has secured investment from the Google Assistant Investments Program
MIPIM organiser recruits former EG man to UK Director role
Trevor Goodman was formerly Executive Director at Estates Gazette; MIPIM UK will take place at Old Billingsgate in October
Legal & General builds BTR team with hires from Berkeley & Grainger
L&G brings in expertise from big-name developers to help reach target of having 6,000 homes in planning, development or operation by the end of 2019
Purplebricks offers free listings to Emoov customers
"We’re offering Emoov & Tepilo customers who’ve paid a fixed fee (or deferred payment) & not yet sold their home the opportunity to come to Purplebricks FREE OF CHARGE", announces Michael Bruce
Winkworth rejigs corporate & services team; creates a new Head of Lettings role
Claudia Green takes charge as franchised estate agency's lettings business nearly equals sales
Carter Jonas recruits a new research head; builds business dev team
GVA's Daniel Francis is now Head of Research at Carter Jonas
Black Brick picks up £80m worth of property in a year of ‘outstanding buying opportunities’
'There is still a market', says Mayfair buying agency, as it reports some significant savings made and plenty of off-market activity...
Zoopla trials ‘more relevant & useful’ Property Valuation Reports
New PVRs provide automated valuations via Hometrack alongside a suite of "hyper-local" Zoopla data
Savills boss Jeremy Helsby on building a ‘recession-proof’ property giant
The outgoing chief exec talks to the Daily Telegraph about his 40-year journey with the all-conquering agency
Knight steps down as Agents Giving Chair
Michael Stoop is taking over from co-founder Peter Knight as frontman of the property industry charity
Profits slide for Berkeley amid Brexit uncertainty
Influential housebuilder reports a 'lack of urgency' across London and the South East, but raises full-year profit guidance by more than 5%
Knight Frank promotes four to proprietary partner
James Clarke, Mark Evans, Gary Hall and Johnny Hawkins to step up next year