Business & People
Knight Frank makes senior hires from Foxtons & KFH
New heads of South West London & Home Counties lettings and Islington sales
Names of RBKC’s ’empty home’ owners leaked to the press
Details of owners of the 1,652 properties listed as unoccupied in the Royal Borough have been sent to The Guardian
Savills makes a major play in Europe with Spanish agency acquisition
UK agency to acquire independent Spanish real estate consultancy Aguirre Newman for £67m
Knight Frank to open flagship office at Southbank Place
High-end agency confirmed in first wave of commercial tenants at £1.3bn redevelopment of the former Shell Centre...
One in five high-street agencies ‘showing signs of financial distress’
Accountancy firm puts the number in difficulty at nearly 5,000 nationally
Strutt & Parker goes to BNP Paribas
French banking giant acquires venerable UK estate agency. The acquisition, which will be completed in September 2017, will merge the UK subsidiary of BNP Paribas Real Estate with Strutt & Parker
Profits escalate for Rightmove as agents and developers spend more
Portal's revenue and profits rise as customer numbers reach a new record high
Iron Bridge signs up Fortwell’s Gilsenan
Former member of Colin Sanders' original 'Omni Capital' team...
Profits dive at Foxtons and Countrywide
Listed property firms half-year results tell of a "tough" London market
Prime PR duo launch new agency
Tania Thomas and Henrietta Harwood-Smith team up to launch Maison Communications
Baroness Mone of Mayfair launches interior design firm
Lingerie entrepreneur moves into the property sector
Talking Heads: The art of the viewing (and why a vendor being present is the ‘kiss of death’)
Prime London agents share their tips...