Business & People
Kier to sell housebuilding arm in ‘fundamental restructure’
Construction giant confirms that it 'has received a number of inbound expressions of interest' in its housebuilding division Kier Living
NAEA & ARLA elect new presidents
Propertymark held its AGM last week
Interview: Savills’ Co-Heads of Prime Central London discuss evolving markets & savvy clients
Six months after stepping up to become co-heads of Prime Central London for Savills, Phillippa Dalby-Welsh & Claire Reynolds talk to PrimeResi about savvy clients, Superbrands, evolving markets, and w…
Gateley makes senior resi development hire
Moore Batch's Charles Cantoni joins law firm with the biggest specialist resi development team in the UK
Longer opening hours don’t improve estate agents’ performance
Stick to the 9-5 agencies, advises GetAgent
Four Berkshire estate agents accused of illegally fixing fees
The alleged price-fixing cartel operated for almost seven years from 2008, says the Competition & Markets Authority
OnTheMarket reports a ‘strong year of progress’ despite widening losses
The challenger portal has updated the City on how the conversion from free to paying contracts is going, and reveals what it spent on advertising last year (a lot)...
Watch: Norwood Property Lunch raises £530k for charity
The 20th Norwood Property Lunch took place last week, with 700 industry players joined by guest speaker Michael Gove to raise funds for vulnerable children and their families
Zoopla lambasts ‘new & exclusive’ property listings
Two-thirds of vendors and house-hunters would rather list on all available property portals straight away
Arney Fender Katsalidis hires resi specialist as director
Former Woods Bagot principal Jonathan Clarke joins London & Canada-based practice to boost its resi and interior design offering
John Lewis merges Home Solutions with Opun ‘to create a truly differentiated home improvement offer’
Retailer merges John Lewis Home Solutions with home improvement management firm Opun, which it acquired last year
Carter Jonas boosts valuation team in London
Trio of new hires includes Cushman super-prime resi specialist Michael Henretty