Business & People
CBRE ramps up resi lettings offering in London
CBRE has been ploughing more investment into its burgeoning resi business; the firm has significantly strengthened its lettings capability in the capital with a raft of new hires.
Strutt & Parker buys high-end Buckinghamshire estate agency
Strutt & Parker has acquired two-branch Buckinghamshire estate agency Roberts Newby.
Countrywide fortifies Executive Team to ‘build a bigger and better company’
Countrywide Plc has made a batch of key appointments to its Executive Team, with a remit to "lay the foundations for delivering the ambitions of Building our Future programme."
PropertyGuru appoints new board members and chairman after investment
After closing the S$175m investment by a strategic consortium comprising TPG, Emtek Group and Square Peg Capital in June (read all about it here), Asia’s leading online property portal PropertyGuru has a…
Humberts brings on John D Wood man to lead London Country House team
Humberts has hired seasoned pro Jeremy Campbell-Harris as its new Head of London Country Houses.
Mega-developer launches new scheme with ‘world first’ IPO-style sell-off
Lodha, one of the world's biggest developers, has rolled out what's thought to be the first Initial Public Offering-style pre-launch for a residential scheme.
New sales boss at Miller
Developer Miller Homes has a new National Sales and Marketing Director
Case Study: Identity’s light bulb moment in Wandsworth
Scoopers of the gong for Best Residential Scheme (New Build) at the recent Property Marketing Awards, design and branding agency Identity has been explaining how its strategy helped a new scheme exceed Pha…
Grainger names new chief
Resi titan Grainger has appointed RBS’s current Global Head of Real Estate Management as its new CEO.
Garrington boss joins Property Ombudsman to represent buying agents
Jonathan Hopper, Managing Director of Garrington Property Finders, has been elected to the board of the Property Ombudsman to represent buying agents
Savills expands in France with Provençal partnership
Savills has formed a new association with Provence-based real estate agent Valancogne & Partners
Architects stay positive as resi forecasts continue to lead the market
The RIBA's Future Trends Workload Index nudged up only very slightly last month, moving from +36 in April to +37 in May