Business & People
Carter Jonas recruits a new Head of Residential Sales Operations
Estate agency creates a new head office role to explore "innovative solutions" to grow market share
Five new hires for Native Land as expansion plans take shape
Developer of some of London's top super-prime schemes gears up for a busy year ahead...
P2P property lender Blend Network secures £10m backing
Big-name investors pile into fledgling operation with a focus on regional hotspots
Knight Frank boosts SW rural team
Former buying agent Edward Clarkson is now Head of South West Rural Property Sales at Knight Frank
Savills acquires top East London property firm Currell
Currell offices and teams join Savills with immediate effect
Sq. One recruits development specialist
Gunning, Passey and Philip's start-up development consultancy "broadens core team skills" with new hire
Listings surge at Purplebricks UK
Purplebricks had a 74% share of the UK's hybrid estate agency market in the six months to November
Consolidation sees the number of conveyancing firms fall to an all-time low
There are now 10% fewer smaller conveyancers than there were five years ago, says Search Acumen
RICS expands approval for The Property Ombudsman
TPO is now the only Alternative Dispute Resolution provider approved for consumer-facing disputes for all surveying services
Google backs London-based property management AI
AskPorter has secured investment from the Google Assistant Investments Program
MIPIM organiser recruits former EG man to UK Director role
Trevor Goodman was formerly Executive Director at Estates Gazette; MIPIM UK will take place at Old Billingsgate in October
Legal & General builds BTR team with hires from Berkeley & Grainger
L&G brings in expertise from big-name developers to help reach target of having 6,000 homes in planning, development or operation by the end of 2019