Business & People
Luxury holiday lettings firm buys Humberts
It's 'business as usual' for the venerable estate agency, says the surprising new owner, with jobs 'safeguarded for all current members of staff'
Reapit acquires estate agency software firm
Established specialist tech outfit Resource Techniques has been bought
Candy finance chief joins Tuscan as CFO
Recently-launched bridging lender Tuscan Capital names former Candy & Candy CFO as its Chief Financial Officer
LonRes partners with Let Alliance to offer an ‘end-to-end solution’ for London letting agents
Property data resource and agents' network LonRes has teamed up with lettings services provider Let Alliance to offer "a new world of revenue opportunities" for letting agents.
Another tough quarter for Foxtons
"London's leading estate agency" reports Q1 revenue of £24.5m, down from £28.7m in Q1 2017, amid "very challenging conditions"...
RICS moots an ‘honesty pledge’ for property professionals against corruption
Surveying body looks to clean up the property and construction sector, stamping out professional bribery and corruption, money laundering and terrorist financing
TPO awarded UK consumers £1.36m last year
Redress scheme received 3,658 formal complaints about estate agencies over the last 12 months, up 3% on last year
CBRE appoints MD of Residential
Luke Mills steps up to lead agency's West End-based resi division, which now claims the highest market share of new development schemes in the capital
New head of resi development at Octopus Property
Gavin Eustace steps up to lead 11-strong team after record 12-months for the specialist lender
Viewber partners with Airbnb-approved key holding service
Outsourced viewing service announces a "close technical cooperation" with KeyNest
Flexible working is key to attracting top talent, says property recruitment boss
"Even though estate agency is a service industry, if companies want their top talent to return, they are going to have to start looking at flexibility"
Rich List 2018: The UK’s 50 wealthiest property tycoons
The Reubens slip down a place in the overall rankings but remain at the top of the real estate tree...