Business & People
Government names 19-strong property panel for £150m house-building framework
'Skilled consultants' assembled to help Homes England boost house-building
Countrywide shares plunge on refinancing news
Share price tumbles after the estate agency and property services company reveals a plan to raise £140m for refinancing
Countrywide names new Group MD; goes looking for £140m investment
The property Plc's earnings have dropped by 61.5% as details of a refinancing and turnaround plan are revealed
OnTheMarket founder Strutts returns to ZPG
48-branch agency follows fellow OTM founders D&G and Chestertons in listing on all three major portals
Call Me Maybe: Why you should never leave voicemails
Forget old fashioned voice messages - today's top brokers need to employ more efficient forms of communication to get results, says Knight Frank's super-prime specialist Daniel Daggers...
A 15% drop in sales revenue at Marsh & Parsons has been ‘largely offset’ by rising lettings income
Revenues tickle up but profits plunge at LSL Property Services
Ombudsman Services moves out of the property market
Estate agents need to sign up to another Ombudsman provider this week; "any agents who do not switch can expect to be targeted for enforcement action by National Trading Standards"
Record first half for Chestertons’ lettings division
Profits up 62% on the same period in 2017, despite a significant drop in supply levels
Foxtons slides into the red as London’s ‘weak sales market’ takes its toll
Sales revenue dropped by 23% in H1, reports the high-profile estate agency - leading to a £2.5m loss for the business in the first half of the year
Revenues & profits rise for Rightmove as agents spend more
Estate agency branches and new homes marketers are spending an average of £986 per month with the UK's biggest property portal
Countrywide loses agency commission case in Dorset
An estate agent should introduce a buyer to the purchase not just the property, rules Weymouth County Court
KKR & Urban Exposure partner up to finance mainstream resi development projects
The new joint venture has an initial pot of £165m to lend to residential development projects across the UK