Business & People
Rising costs hit housebuilder’s margins
Taylor Wimpey expects build costs to escalate by 5% this year
Property marketing firm buys online estate agency easyProperty
Hampshire firm Evolve has acquired online estate agency easyProperty from the parent company of Fine & Country, with support from Sir Stelios
LSL branch closures boost profits
But London's 'challenging' market squashed Marsh & Parsons' profits in the first six months of the year
Watch: US design agency ‘reinvents’ the high-end real estate ad
A US design agency has put a new spin on the traditional real estate ad with a set of ultra-cool shorts for a luxury developer in Thailand.
Grosvenor Britain & Ireland names new non-exec chairman
Veteran investor Jonathan Bond succeeds Graham Pimlott on the GBI board, and will take over the chairmanship at the end of the year
Development projects facing ‘major delays’ as building inspectors are forced out of business
Recent changes in the insurance market could hit the construction industry hard, and scupper the government's housing ambitions, according to the ACAI
Planning consultancy moves into Edinburgh
Iceni Projects has launched a fourth UK office
The Sunday Times: Peter Long’s struggle to save Countrywide
Liam Kelly reports for The Sunday Times on the Countrywide chairman's efforts to turn the UK's largest estate agency chain around and 'salvage his battered reputation'
Sales still sliding for Foxtons as market woes continue
Volumes are 'very low' in the capital's sales market, reports the embattled estate agency, describing lettings as the 'priority'...
Rightmove’s revenue & profits jump 10%, but agency numbers dip
3% fewer estate agents are listing properties on Rightmove compared to last year - but they are spending more
Rightmove buys tenant referencing firm to boost rental market offering
Property portal makes a £20m acquisition to 'augment' its Tenant Passport project
The average estate agency’s sales commission is 1.2%
But there's a pretty broad range between different regions. Agents in five postcodes manage to bag fees in excess of £30,000 per property sale