Business & People
Former Transport Secretary & London Mayoral candidate joins start-up property developer as Chairman
Steven Norris is now Independent Non-Exec Chairman at Cambridgeshire-based residential development firm This Land™
Number of UK property firms in ‘significant financial distress’ rises again
16% more real estate businesses were struggling in Q3 compared to the same period in 2017, according to insolvency firm Begbies Traynor, the highest year-on-year rise recorded across all the sectors surveyed…
London Square secures £200m funding for ‘strategic expansion’
Eight-year-old developer with a £2bn pipeline shrugs off uncertainty to focus on future growth
UK Sotheby’s International Realty bolsters senior team
New bosses for Central London lettings & Country divisions; PCL rental market 'hotter than ever' says firm, after Belgravia-based team takes on nearly 400 new instructions in six months
Interview: Andrew Murray of Morpheus on the craft of luxury design & development
After starting out over 20 years ago as a joinery and cabinet maker, Andrew Murray has cut a swathe through the crowded field of luxury resi with his London-based firm, Morpheus;
Sterling Private Office recruits another from Knight Frank, making a move into the country market
18-month-old prime resi consultancy SPO has brought in Nick Mead from The Buying Solution to launch a country property division
Ranked: Average estate agency fees around the world
The average sole agency fee for traditional estate agents in the UK has fallen 34% since 2011, according to research by TheAdvisory
KF partner joins The Buying Solution in the Home Counties
Jemma Scott has moved to The Buying Solution from sister company Knight Frank
Savills recruits a lettings chief for Reading & Marlow
Gordon Hood has moved from Knight Frank to Savills
Knight Frank hires new sales heads from Foxtons & Stirling Ackroyd
Agency brings in new managers to run two of its recently-opened offices in London
Chestertons gears up for lettings acquisition drive
One of London's biggest estate agencies sets about boosting its capability via an 'ambitious investment programme'
Propertymark Qualifications: Award Winners 2018
Former NAEA Propertymark President Melfyn Williams picked up the Lifetime Achievement Award