Business & People
Octopus hits £3bn milestone after record lending spell
Specialist property lender has splashed £1bn in the last 18 months
German media giant pumps £125m into Purplebricks
European publisher and property portal operator Axel Springer acquires 11.5% of Purplebricks in a massive 'strategic investment'
Knight Frank boosts retirement housing offering
Property consultancy restructures to create a 'fully-serviced retirement offering' as the niche market matures
Countrywide lettings director returns to the fold
John Hards has been re-appointed to run Countrywide's lettings business
London Square expands top team as it pushes for new partnerships
Property developer creates two new Board-level positions to drive the new strategy
A Battle in Bangkok: London developers are targeting Thai buyers on home turf
UK developers are tapping in to Thai investors with some significant property exhibitions, reports Andrew Batt from Bangkok
Rightmove inks Japanese tie-up
UK's number one portal to create new category for Japanese real estate
‘Devious’ Berkhamsted estate agent jailed for fraud
Former Knight Frank agent took out loans totalling £30,000 in the name of a woman whose house he was selling
Carter Jonas celebrates ‘unprecedented’ £50m deal bonanza on Mount Street
"The Prime Central London market is trading well, irrespective of the widely reported challenges facing the UK’s economic climate at this present time," says the estate agency
‘Exclusive members club’ for prime property pros launches in the UK
Entrepreneur enlists top industry names in bid to 'build a community' and 'revolutionise the way we do business'
Price Pointers: Top agent pens guide to selling in a sluggish market
A veteran of over 4,000 deals worth an estimated £50 billion, Glentree's Trevor Abrahmsohn knows more than most about what gets buyers buying.
EcoWorld & Willmott Dixon complete major development deal
EcoWorld International has completed on the acquisition of a 70% stake of Willmott Dixon’s development business Be Living; its UK projects tally jumps from three to 15