Online estate agency bags £11m investment
Strike (formerly Housesimple) has secured investment from backers including Channel 4 and Sir Charles Dunstone.
Fine & Country opens four-storey ’boutique’ branch in West London
Ben Madden’s Turnham Green operation is geared towards international properties as well as covering the local area.
Blick Rothenberg names new Head of Tax
Caroline Le Jeune has moved from leading the accountancy firm’s Private Client team to running the tax show.
LSL & Connells offload TM Group
Canadian firm Dye & Durham has acquired TM Group for £91.5 million.
Lomond picks up another Sussex estate agency
Acquisitive property group Lomond has snapped up another estate agency on the South Coast, buying Michael Jones & Co in Sussex.
Marsh & Parsons names new marketing chief
Travel marketing specialist Justin Stanton has been hired to fill the shoes of Marcus Flacks – who recently jumped ship from Marsh & Parsons to Strutt & Parker.
Engel & Völkers commission revenues to top €1bn this year
Turnover in some global markets is growing an ‘unprecedented scale’, reports CEO Sven Odia
Foxtons chairman to step down
The search for Ian Barlow’s successor is on…
Lloyds moves into the private rental sector with Citra Living launch
Lloyds Banking Group’s new stand-alone brand will “initially start small”, buying up and renting out around 400 “good quality” new-build properties by the end of this year.
West Country agency Cooper and Tanner expands with Wells acquisition
Venerable Somerset agency Cooper and Tanner has acquired Jill Meadows Lettings in Wells.
Interview: Daniel McPeake of Nest Seekers on ‘rock star real estate’ & the importance of having skin in the game
Estate agency “is not broken but it smells like yesterday”, says Daniel McPeake, European Managing Director of American “rock star real estate brokerage” Nest Seekers International.
‘Purplebricks 2.0’: Estate agency trumpets strong performance & rolls out a ‘Money Back Guarantee’
“Today we present Purplebricks 2.0,” declares CEO Vic Darvey, as the hybrid estate agency sets an ambition to double its market share to 10% of property sales over the next few years.