Montlake steps up as Coreco MD
Andrew Montlake takes over from Matt Lowndes at the London brokerage
Grosvenor Group reshuffles leadership team
Grosvenor Britain & Ireland CEO Craig McWilliam to succeed Mark Preston as Chief Executive of the privately-owned group in 2020
Purplebricks backs out of America as operating losses double
Hybrid estate agency reports strong growth in the UK, but is winding down US operations as operating losses double
CBRE to buy Telford Homes for £267m
London property developer Telford Homes will become part of CBRE’s US-based real estate development arm, Trammell Crow Company
Why our staff are choosing to sell their homes now
Matt Gibberd of design-led estate agency The Modern House explains why four members of the team, including himself, are choosing to sell their homes now, and offers up eight nuggets of advice for ensuring the best chance of a smooth sale…
Savills strengthens heritage team with townscape expert
Dr Juan Jose Sarralde joins the agency’s planning division as Associate Director after five years with Richard Coleman Citydesigner
Grainger’s Gordon takes over as President of the British Property Federation
Grainger’s CEO Helen Gordon has taken over from LandSec’s Robert Noel as President of the BPF
Hamptons & LSH team up to launch airspace consultancy
Airspace Exchange promises an end-to-end service for developers and property owners looking to capitalise on planning reforms that make it easier to extend a building upwards
What’s an interior designer worth? BIID Annual Conference to focus on fees
The British Institute of Interior Design will hold its 2019Â annual conference on 7th November 2019 at 30 Euston Square, London
Zoopla ramps up exec team with six new hires
Former Microsoft and Photobox man David Wascha joins PropTech conglomerate Zoopla as Chief Product & Technology Officer; five other new hires come from Experian, Simply Business, Callcredit, Dyson, eBay and Amazon
Sobha’s PNC Menon on London, Dubai, Brexit & building a global luxury property empire
INTERVIEW: PNC Menon has built an international luxury real estate empire that’s currently developing a vast swathe of prime Dubai, and has recently launched a flagship global  studio in Mayfair. The founder and Chairman of Sobha talks to PrimeResi about London’s place on the world luxury stage, Brexit, US expansion plans, and his favourite place on Earth.
Online firms lose ground to high street agents
The UK’s top ten online players accounted for less than 4% of all new properties listed in the last fortnight, notes The Advisory