Business & People
How will Brexit affect the UK estate agency industry?
Not much, say civil servants, except in prime London...
On Resilience: How to turn a challenging market to your advantage
Oona Collins, the executive coach behind some of the most successful people in property, provides a practical guide to thriving in 2018...
Global billionaires added $1 trillion to their wealth in 2017
Bloomberg's "Billionaires' Index" round-up of the world's wealthiest people discovered 67 new billionaires in the last year.
TfL seeks firms to set development wheels in motion
Panel of agents and advisors being assembled to develop out 300-acre London land bank
Candys in the clear as High Court throws out £132m legal action
Tycoons triumph after sensational set-to with entrepreneur Mark Holyoake
Estate agents should regulated & referral fees should be disclosed – Law Society
"Up-front access to clear information will improve home-buying process", says The Law Society in its response to a consultation by the DCLG.
Independent estate agents’ ‘charter’ sets new launch date
CIELA will publish a "free public database of law-abiding agents" in April 2018.
City Hall names & shames rental rogues on new register
An online "Rogue Landlord and Agent Checker" is now live in 10 London boroughs.
RBS adds a ‘Director of Mortgage Innovation’
New recruit is tasked with steering a digital transformation of the bank's mortgage operations.
Investment firm launches a property finance division; applies for banking license
City of London Group has recruited the former MD of Commercial Banking & Mortgages at Metro Bank and the former MD of Commercial Banking at Alliance & Leicester/Santander.
Online estate agent recruits Rightmove’s lettings head
Sam Mitchell will be joining HouseSimple in the new year.
Crest Nicholson recruits new planning chief
Rebecca Warren joins from Pinsent Masons.