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Carter Jonas recruits New Homes boss from CBRE
Heather Littlejohn has been signed up to lead Carter Jonas' New Homes team in London.
Goldsmith and Kahn bail on mayoral housing debate
The big guns in London's mayoral race both dropped out of a major debate on housing last night.
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Westminster sees biggest rise in new agency branches
New figures have shown 220 estate agency branches opened up in London over the last 12 months, with Westminster leading the charge.
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Linton recruits new Projects Director
Prime central London property developer The Linton Group has brought in a new Projects Director.
Countrywide offloads half its Zoopla holdings
Britain's biggest property group, Countrywide Plc, has sold off nearly half of its holdings in Zoopla Property Group, in a surprise move at the end of trading yesterday.
ZPG pumps £1m into four proptech start-ups
Zoopla Property Group has invested £1m across four promising property technology start-up companies, pledging "long-term strategic partnerships" to a research house, a repairs platform, a peer-to-peer…
Countrywide names new chairman
Royal Mail chief Peter Long is to take over from Grenville Turner as non-exec chairman of Countrywide plc, the UK's biggest estate agency.
Johns&Co recruits two directors from Hamptons
High-end new-build specialist estate agency Johns & Co has hired two new directors from Hamptons International, and moved into a new HQ on Marsh Wall, E14.
Zoopla Property Group upsizes to new HQ
Zoopla Property Group, the owner of Zoopla, uSwitch and PrimeLocation, has just signed a lease for a new headquarters next to Tower Bridge.
Retirement lender launches specialist HNW equity release service
Bower Retirement has a launched a specialist arm - which it's claiming as an industry first - to deal with demand for high net worth equity release, focusing on £1m+ mortgage-free homes.
Coldwell Banker amps up the search for 100 UK franchisees
High-end American real estate juggernaut Coldwell Banker is officially rolling into Blighty in just a few weeks' time, and is already souping up its search for additional franchisees to "become an estate…
Property crowdfunder recruits marketing VP
Zoopla-backer-backed property crowdfunding platform Property Partner has hired a Vice President of Marketing from a travel company.