Business & People
Estate agents ‘can’t wait around for the government’s plans for professionalisation’
Service levels won't improve until all estate agents have access to training, argues Keller Williams UK boss Ben Taylor
GLA names its new London Development Panel for public land
Public bodies can use the 29 property firms 'to accelerate housing delivery on sites that they own'; it's anticipated that the panel will deliver £20bn-worth of development projects over the next four …
Cain International pumps £400m into Fortwell Capital
Investment giant acquires majority stake in real estate lender to fund ambitious expansion strategy; deal marks one of the biggest cash injections into a UK alternative real estate finance firm, fund o…
JLL launches ‘virtual’ office covering Westminster & St James’s
Agency continues strategy of rolling out virtual office teams to focus on specific postcodes
Heritage Alliance names its new Chair as Grossman stands down
Peter Ainsworth will take over from Loyd Grossman as Chairman of The Heritage Alliance in December
Luxury agency connects via WhatsApp
Quintessentially Estates rolls out high-end platform with instant messaging functionality as clients increasingly eschew emails and calls
Savills’ UK resi business rallies amid ‘challenging’ market conditions
Revenue and profit up for division as higher values offset lower volumes
RIBA names its new President
Alan Jones will take over from Ben Derbyshire next year
New Development Manager for West Eleven
DRE's Annika Prince joins Will Herrmann's boutique developer as it prepares to embark on two new projects in south west London
Britain’s top 30 estate agency suppliers
Property Academy has short-listed the 30 best estate agency suppliers, as voted by estate agents, in advance of its EA Masters conference
Major housebuilders go on recruitment drives to ward off Brexit shortfall
Galliard and Weston Homes are looking to recruit nearly 500 new staff between them; warn that Brexit is having 'a huge long-term impact on the London and wider UK construction industry'
Winkworth bolsters franchise servicing teams
Listed estate agency adds to its IT department, Client Services and China Desk