Business & People
Online agent markets Ben Wheatley’s ‘High Rise’ penthouse for £110,000
eMoov may not be everyone's cup of tea, but they do come up with some lovely clickbait marketing hooks...
Heritage Alliance boss to step down in September
Kate Pugh OBE, Chief Executive of campaigning group the Heritage Alliance for the last 13 years, is stepping down from her role later this year.
Archant launches international property glossy
Regional publishing force Archant has decided to pump considerable resources into launching a quarterly global luxury property magazine, after spotting a "gap in the market".
Humberts picks eight rising stars for inaugural leadership programme
Humberts has launched an internal training academy to create the next generation of the firm’s senior leaders.
Skype founder pumps £17m into P2P property finance platform
Skype founder Niklas Zennström has invested £17m into Christian Faes' peer-to-peer property lending firm LendInvest.
In With A Shot: British Land to take on first ‘Instagrammer-in-Residence’
Clarges developer British Land has partnered up with IGersLondon, one of the city’s biggest Instagram communities, to launch a competition to find an in-house Instagrammer.
Top Surrey agents launch hybrid firm ‘in recognition of the changing face of estate agency’
Two of the Home Counties's most successful prime property agents have launched a new hybrid "estate agency hub" offering "the best of both" across the Surrey hills and Sussex borders.
Caan-backed luxury developer Sons & Co in management buyout
Sons & Co, the high-end resi property developer set up by brothers Alexander and Christian Stocker, along with Simon Roberts, has gone out on its own.
Wandsworth Council bans ‘dominating’ estate agents’ boards
Estate agents now need to apply for permission to put up advertising boards in Putney, Balham, Clapham Junction and Lavender Hill (maps of affected streets below), after the council waged war on what…
CBRE hires big gun from Chestertons to lead international sales team
CBRE has recruited a top name from Chestertons to head up its central London-based international sales operation.
MIPIM 2016: The Resi Highlights
21,400 property peeps will be descending on Cannes next week for the 27th edition of Le marché international des professionnels de l'immobilier and we're pleased to report the weather looks particularly promising.
Cogress scores with David Bernstein appointment
Open equity property investment firm Cogress has brought in the former Chairman of Manchester City and the Football Association to pump up the business's investment opportunities and credentials.