Business & People
Optimism returns to the property industry – but estate agents are looking to diversify
Key findings from Zoopla's annual "State of the Property Nation" include a marked upswing in estate agencies' sentiment, but there's continued uncertainty over the political situation.
Countryside names new Southern chief
Mike Woolliscroft has been promoted to Chief Executive of Countryside Properties' Partnerships South division
Cripps Pemberton Greenish hires leasehold enfranchisement expert
Amy Jackson joins the leasehold enfranchisement team from Forsters
Record year for Knight Frank’s South West team
Division reports its most successful year since 2009, with volumes up by nearly 40% and an unprecedented number of £2m+ deals...
Winkworth shares jump after positive trading update
Agency set to outperform market expectations after riding out an 'uncertain and difficult' 2019
Far East Consortium sets up UK construction arm
DEX Construction has been launched by FEC Group in Manchester to take over from Bardsley Construction, which went into administration just before Christmas.
New MD for London Central Portfolio
Liam Monaghan takes on the managing director role at Naomi Heaton's PCL real estate investment advisory
Zoopla reveals surge in branch numbers
Over 2,250 branches joined Zoopla in 2019, including from Carter Jonas, Dacre, Son & Hartley, and Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward
New head of UK property management at CBRE
David Fogarty to replace Emma Buckland, who steps up as global president of the firm's property management business
Peter Wetherell on the Dexters deal, industry standards & turning Mayfair’s boardrooms back into ballrooms
PrimeResi catches up with the 'Mayfair Guru' in the wake of his firm's tie-up with Jeff Doble's Dexters, to discuss how the partnership came about, and what the future holds for one PCL's most recognisable…
Grosvenor Britain & Ireland chief steps down
Craig McWilliam had been in line to take on the group chief exec role later this year
Warren Buffett’s prime London estate agency launches property finance business
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Kay & Co has teamed up with mortgage brokers John East and David Longhurst to launch Connaught Private Finance.