Business & People
Westminster planning chief steps aside over property developer ‘freebie’ allegations
Robert Davis denies any wrongdoing; Westminster Council has launched an inquiry to look at how planning decisions are made
Countrywide goes ‘back to basics’ after ‘disappointing’ year
More pain for the UK's biggest agency, as sales and lettings divisions post 45% profit plunge; recovery plan to involve ditching hybrid direction, decentralising decision making and building 'significantly …
Hybrid agency eyes Prime Central London expansion
Notting Hill-based YOUhome claims to have 'turned the old estate agency model on its head'
Britain’s billionaires, ranked
Forbes Rich List 2018
Native Land & Rogers Stirk Harbour win South Kensington Tube development gig
Transport for London picks Native Land as its preferred Development Partner
Thackeray Estate boosts team as ‘£100m expansion plan’ takes shape
Mace Green's David Owens and L&C's Giles Hoare join Chelsea-based developer and asset manager
LSL reports ‘robust performance’ despite pre-tax profits falling by 45%
'Market conditions in 2018 have been slightly softer than the equivalent period in 2017' says LSL Property Services
CBRE recruits new Executive Director for resi valuations
Knight Frank's Head of Residential Development Valuations joins CBRE
Savills promotes 326 in the UK
Property consultancy promotes 54 to Director level, 91 to Associate Director and 181 to Associate
Knight Frank partners up in Jersey
Knight Frank forms an official association with Wilsons to market super-prime homes in the Channel Islands
Propertymark launches ‘Passport’ tool to help estate agents combat money laundering
Propertymark Passport uses biometric checks to assess the authenticity of identity documents from anywhere in the world
Foxtons’ profits tumble by 65%; warnings of another ‘challenging’ year in 2018
Estate agency Foxtons made £41m profit in 2015, but just £6.5m in 2017 - and the current sales pipeline "is below where it was this time last year"