Business & People
OnTheMarket signs first housebuilder
Barratt Developments has agreed to list its residential units directly with property portal OnTheMarket
Winkworth’s lettings income outweighs sales for the first time
"Our ship remains steady and we look forward to an eventual revival in activity," says CEO Dominic Agace, as he reports on the Plc's performance to shareholders
UK high streets have shed 100 estate agent branches so far this year
A net loss of 100 stores between January and July puts estate agency amongst the hardest hit sectors on the UK high street, according to PWC & LDC...
Prime Dining: Uma Rajah of CapitalRise on the changing face of high-value property finance
Property lawyer & food writer Nicky Richmond talks FinTech, crowdfunding & mouthfeel with CapitalRise CEO Uma Rajah, over Celeriac Shawarma and Kombucha at ROVI in Fitzrovia.
Chestertons expands short lets division with hires from Hamptons & Foxtons
33-branch agency responds to increased demand for short-term accommodation services across London, installing specialists from Hamptons International & Foxtons to 'drive the business forward'
PCL agency Tedworth recruits pair of RBKC specialists
Farleys & Chestertons alumni Robert Budge & Sophie Campbell join Christian Warman & Simon Tollit's new boutique agency
Government delays construction VAT ‘reverse charge’ rollout
HMRC gives builders a last-minute reprieve, pushing reverse charge changes to VAT down the road for a year as a result of industry lobbying - and to "avoid the changes coinciding with Brexit"
Spectator competition winners: If Shakespeare had been an estate agent
How would The Bard have sold a house? Would Hemingway, Thoreau or Pinter have been able to stir up interest with syntax alone?
Savills opens in Inverness
Property consultancy's latest outpost covers north Scotland and the Highlands
Online estate agency trio take on Keller Williams franchise in Essex
Russell Quirk, Anthony Quirk and Mark Readings have acquired the Essex patch for American estate agency franchise giant Keller Wiliams
Olshan boss sues celebrity interior designer for ‘walking off the job’
Andrea Olshan of Manhattan-based Olshan Properties claims Vicky Charles 'began to separate herself' from projects in NYC and the Hamptons 'to work for more A-List clients such as the Duke and Duchess of…
Bumper payday at Foster + Partners as revenue soars
Overseas work is booming for the world-renowned architecture practice