Business & People

Foxtons boosted its turnover by 4% last year, despite a reported 11% drop-off in transaction levels across London

Savills is pitching its wares at wealthy sports stars around the world with a new dedicated team "which will offer a confidential property service to the professional sporting elite, who seek discretion, …

Urban regeneration specialist developer Countryside Properties has put a £1.1bn price range on its looming IPO.

Strutt & Parker's buying agency arm, Private Property Search, has been on something of a recruitment drive recently, bringing in two well-known prime London players to join the team

Zoopla Property Group has appointed a new Chief Financial Officer, after current CFO Stephen Morana announced his plan to leave in January.

Sir Stuart Hampson has announced he'll be retiring from his role as Chairman of the Crown Estate after six years at the helm. H

As of next week, landlords and letting agents in the UK will have to add detailed "right to rent" checks to their - already lengthy - to-do lists when granting new tenancy agreements.

Chestertons has opened the doors to its 34th London office. The all-new Richmond Hill base will cover the wider Richmond area and link up with existing branches in Kew, East Sheen, Barnes and Chiswick. Xav

The Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors is calling for entries from "the most innovative and creative marketing campaigns in the UK property industry" for its annual awards event in June.

With the luxury housing market continuing to cool, some property firms in Singapore are coming up with new ways to help developers boost sales, writes PropertyGuru's Romesh Navaratnarajah

Multinational agency Engel & Völkers has reported a chunky rise in revenues. 2015's group commission revenues were up 36.4% on 2014's totals and hit 409.8 million euros, a new record for the firm.

CBRE has brought all of its central London and South East land development operations under one banner to create "the largest and only mixed use development team covering all 33 London Boroughs".