Business & People
Zoopla pulls non-property ads
Property portal tweaks advertising policy to "limit distractions from the property and agent listing information"
NYC super-developer swoops on Smallbone of Devizes
Extell boss Gary Barnett secures the future of West Country heritage design brand, along with sister firms Mark Wilkinson Furniture and Brookmans, after acquiring embattled parent company Canburg
SP Property Group boosts property management team as its PCL portfolio breaches £1bn
Jo Eccles' firm now manages a central London rental portfolio worth over £1bn, and has also had a significant win for its block management offering, securing the building management gig for Lodha UK's …
Emoov appoints administrators
"Prospective purchasers that have been in the wings have not come through with viable offers to acquire the Emoov business," says online estate agency boss, as the firm brings in James Cowper Kreston …
EcoWorld & Invesco seal £400m BtR deal
Malaysian developer signals market leader ambitions with 'one of the most significant Build to Rent deals ever undertaken in the UK'
New property portal wins backing from major housebuilders; recruits a CEO
Rummage4Property has recruited a top housing market analyst - and now claims support from property developers Barratt, Bovis, Persimmon and Redrow, as well as estate groups including Countrywide
Developer launches a luxury property raffle platform, offering a £2m turn-key apartment in South Ken for £10 a ticket
London developer Gatsby Property is launching a new raffle platform, Cadivus, aimed at the prime residential market
Property charity LandAid launches search for a new Board Chair as Peace steps down
LandAid, the property industry charity, is looking to recruit a new Chair of the Board of Trustees to replace Liz Peace CBE, who will step down in January
Embattled Emoov ‘lines up administrators’
Online estate agency in talks with accounting firm to handle pre-pack administration - reports; buyer 'could be announced today'
Lodha UK goes it alone as Indian parent company gears up for IPO
Mumbai-based mega-developer to concentrate efforts on its business in India ahead of a planned public listing; reports suggest c.£470m could be raised from the sale of Prime Central London assets
Savills strengthens Mayfair & St James’s team
New recruit Nicholas Shaw spent seven years with Harrods Estates, before making a move over to Knight Frank
Savills moves into Guernsey’s resi market with top agency acquisition
Channel Island estate agency Martel Maides has been acquired by Savills