Business & People
Global real estate giants unite for massive $500m proptech investment fund
Venture capital firm Fifth Wall has assembled a remarkable consortium of 50 international property behemoths - including British Land, CBRE and Cushman & Wakefield - creating a half-a-billion dollar…
Dubai developer Damac ‘buys Italian fashion brand Roberto Cavalli’
Vision Investment Co., the investment company controlled by Damac's billionaire founder Hussain Sajwani, has reportedly inked a deal to acquire 100% of the embattled Italian fashion brand
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices moves into Spain
Madrid's LARVIA joins the global network of one of America's biggest real estate brokerages, following other recent signings in London, Milan, Berlin and Dubai...
Lloyds-backed Yorkshire estate agency makes another agency acquisition
Linley & Simpson has snapped up Leeds-based agency Morgans in its biggest acquisition so far - its eighth in the last 12 months
Urban Exposure launches £500m loan note
Aim-listed property finance firm launches a Bond for retail investors
Software leader opens up property platform ‘to accelerate global PropTech innovation’
Reapit is inviting other PropTech firms to play with its estate agency software platform
Winkworth expands into Suffolk with seaside branch
Estate agency's Norfolk franchisee acquires Halford Wetmore in Southwold
Cushman names new UK COO
Head of Resi Candice Matthews steps up as UK Chief Operating Officer, with Richard Pickering appointed UK Chief Strategy Officer
German developer moves into London with Fitzrovia scheme
Art-Invest Real Estate has opened a London office, and is working on a significant mixed-use development on Cleveland Street with Dukelease
NLA consolidates London real estate brands
The London Festival of Architecture, The City Centre, the London Real Estate Forum, and London at MIPIM are being brought together under the New London Architecture banner, as the organisation moves to…
Property PR firm recruits from Strutt & Parker
Katie Herbert has joined Building Relations after six years with Strutt & Parker
Just six Local Authorities have moved land searches online
The Land Registry has been making strides along its "digital street" programme for some time, and this week marks a full year since the online Local Land Charges Register first went live.