Business & People

With property sales down nearly 50% in some parts of PCL, vendors - or rather their agents - are having to work extra hard to attract buyers these days.

The residential property sector descended on Park Lane's Grosvenor House for the RESI Awards 2016 last night.

ADAM Architecture has made its first Director appointment since that of George Saumarez Smith back in 2004. Robbie Kerr

"Hybrid" estate agency Purplebricks has reported a 445% year-on-year increase in annual revenue in its latest trading update. The firm said it expects full-year revenue to come in at £18.

Foxtons has launched its new virtual reality platform after a two-year development programme.

Top 20 UK housebuilder Hill has seen its pre-tax profits climb to over £31 million, up 69% annually, and laid out some ambitious growth plans. Hill's Octavo Mews scheme in West Kensington

Tony Pidgley's Berkeley Group - the developer behind a large proportion of London's luxury riverside new-builds between Wapping and Richmond, including One Tower Bridge and One Blackfriars - has announced…

US-based real estate leviathan Coldwell Banker has made a move on London's Southbank.

Colliers International has brought in party wall expert, Michael Cooper, to form a new Neighbourly Matters team within the firm’s Building Surveying & Project Management department.

Boutique developer SAS Investments has added two new land buyers to the ranks as it gears up to launch a batch of new schemes and a five-year investment vehicle.

British Land has signed itself up as Headline Partner of this year's London Design Festival in September.

Beauchamp Estates' decision to take some exhibition space at this year's Top Marques Show in Monaco paid off big time after His Serene Highness Prince Albert II rocked up to talk real estate.