Business & People
Government makes a major move to ‘professionalise’ the estate agency industry
Sajid Javid announces a plan to introduce mandatory qualifications for estate agents, bringing the profession in line with conveyancers, solicitors and surveyors
Battersea Power Station boss steps down
BPSDC CEO Rob Tincknell resigns after ten years at the helm of London's most ambitious regeneration project
Cadogan hires placemaking whiz to help shape Chelsea estate
Steve Medway has spent the last three years overseeing the management of Oxford Street, Regent Street and Bond Street for the New West End Company
Foxtons settles for ‘a smaller network than originally planned’
London's most recognised estate agency (officially) dismisses the threat of discount online/hybrid competitors
Sotheby’s Realty rolls out virtual reality home staging app
'Mobile augmented reality' mobile app allows potential buyers to visualise / play with different interior design set-ups
Property firms reveal their gender pay gaps
Across the real estate sector, women’s median hourly rate is 9.7% lower than men’s
Chinese giant Country Garden makes its first play in the UK
Hong Kong-listed developer acquires Ailsa Wharf in East London
PrimeResi named ‘one of the world’s best’ real estate websites
Just five sites have been shortlisted in the Real Estate category at this year’s prestigious Webby Awards, including Zillow, Trulia - and PrimeResi.com
Super-prime Cresswell House deal crowns a record six months for Beauchamp Estates
Beauchamp's Marylebone branch has completed on £60m-worth of transactions in its first six months
Prime Dining: Tuscan Capital’s Colin Sanders on the Candys, cod roe & compassionate property finance
Property lawyer and food writer Nicky Richmond grills Tuscan Capital founder Colin Sanders over lunch at The Coach in Clerkenwell
Winkworth reports decent performance, particularly in London
The average Winkworth franchised office turned over £500,000 last year
Watch: GDPR explained in three short videos
On 25 May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into force, overhauling data protection law across the EU, including the UK.