Business & People
RICS launches Social Impact Awards for property projects that deliver ‘a lasting positive impact on society’
RICS’ new Social Impact Awards programme will search for the UK’s best built projects transforming lives & communities
Government promises ‘a digital revolution’ for the property sector
Housing Minister Esther McVey wants to make Britain's planning and property-buying scene more like online banking.
Kalmars takes on a new office on Old Kent Road; plots five branch expansion
Family-run south London estate agency is opening its second branch in Southwark, and is already looking at three further locations
‘Super summer’ for luxury housebuilder Octagon
Firm trumpets an 'exceptional series of sales' across London & Surrey, and growth for its design and build arm
Cluttons bolsters property management team
Agency recruits Currell's Claire Collins to head up its block management division
Loop Software partners with ID verification app Yoti
Partnership aims to to speed-up Anti-Money Laundering Compliance for estate agents
Candy consortium eyes Capco takeover, but Capco moves towards Delancey for Earls Court sale
Nick Candy is leading a potential bid to buy Capital & Counties Plc, the FTSE 250 owner of Earls Court and Covent Garden.
Knight Frank suffers amid high-end sales slump
Estate agency reports an 11% drop in pre-tax profits, blaming 'still slowing or constrained residential volumes' in the south east of England
Hamptons toasts record lettings performance
Lettings division of Countrywide-owned agency posts best ever third quarter, with year-on-year growth in every month so far this year
Zoopla rolls out new-build home search tool
Property portal's "streamlined" new development search function delivered a 43% uplift in conversion rates during beta testing
Octopus Real Estate creates new ‘Head of Residential’ role
D’mitri Zaprzala has been promoted to run the resi show at specialist property lender Octopus
The number of UK property firms in ‘significant financial distress’ has risen by 78% since 2016
Sector has been 'particularly badly affected' by deteriorating economic conditions, says insolvency firm Begbies Traynor