Business & People
Ombudsman Services withdraws from ‘broken’ housing market
There should be a single ombudsman for property, declares one of the three property ombudsman outfits
Listen: BBC 5 Live investigates online estate agents
Adrian Goldberg chats about high street Vs online estate agencies...
VanHan founders to join Knight Frank’s super-prime Global Wealth Advisory team
Rory Penn and Thomas van Straubenzee are joining Knight Frank to build a global "market leading private office platform"
Fortwell lends £24m as focus shifts away from PCL
Knightsbridge-based team looking at financing larger, more complex transactions across the UK
Shaftesbury takes its spat with top investor to shareholders
Hong Kong billionaire Samuel Tak Lee may be moving towards a takeover of the London property Plc
LSL builds non-estate agency business with £5.4m mortgage firm acquisition
The deal "further strengthens the resilience and diversification of LSL's business model" outside estate agency
Property Vision chief steps down; Harvey takes over as Senior Partner
"The time is right for me to take a step back from the management of the business" says Peter Mackie after 24 years with PrimeResi's No.1-ranked property buying agency
New developer Avanton takes to the stage
Berkeley Group and Barratt alumni team up at new firm with 1,500-unit pipeline across two major sites
Savills recruits a new head of resi development sales in the South East
Tom Bryant returns to Savills after three-and-a-half years with CBRE
Banda bolsters design arm
Kensington-based development, design and acquisition firm hires former N-Studio & Fosters Senior Architect
Fruition strengthens land team as acquisition drive continues
Boutique developer hires Regal Homes Land & Planning Manager to boost pipeline across zones two and three
Two-thirds of house-builders are investing in modular construction methods
Construction innovation promises to unlock more housing supply, says Lloyds Bank