Business & People
Heronslea hires Sales Director from CALA
Hertfordshire-based developer Heronslea Group has hired a new Sales and Marketing Director from CALA to drive some "significant" expansion plans.
Not a new housing minister: Brandon Lewis keeps housing role
UPDATE: It turns out that Mark Francois' appointment to Housing Mininster was all just a bit of mix-up. Francois' name was mistakenly put up on the DCLG website...
Douglas Elliman rolls out specialist celebrity division
Knight Frank's strategic partner in the US Douglas Elliman has launched a new Sports & Entertainment division to cater to the "unique needs" of celebrities.
Eye of the Buyer: A good looking agent can raise a sale price by 2.3%
An Australian business school claims that “attractive real estate agents do achieve substantial price premiums”, quantifying that premium as +2.
DTZ buys Cushman & Wakefield in $2bn mega-deal
Italian investment company Exor has announced the sale of Cushman & Wakefield to DTZ in a deal worth over $2bn.
Chelsea-Battersea footbridge seeks sponsor with naming rights
A proposed pedestrian and cycle bridge linking Chelsea and Battersea is on the hunt for a sponsor with naming rights...
Cadogan appoints Joint Head of Building Surveying
Cadogan has announced the appointment of Jane Henshaw as Joint Head of Building Surveying, alongside existing Head of Building Nicholas Dutton.
‘The property market in London will now go crazy’ – and other prime resi reactions to a Conservative triumph
The Conservatives will be the power party for the next five years, and they've even got a fully-fledged majority government.
Hamptons acquires North London agency Greene & Co
Hamptons International - part of Countrywide Plc - has confirmed that it has bought North London and City estate agency Greene & Co.
Just the Job: All change for specialist property recruitment agency
Specialist property recruitment agency AMR London has morphed and relaunched as Collins Property Recruitment - with a catchy slogan: "CPR for jobs in property".
OnTheMarket.com: The first 100 days
Agents' Mutual's challenger property portal OnTheMarket.com has revealed some interesting stats about its first hundred days on the web.
Search for new Ombudsman gets underway as Hamer announces retirement
Christopher Hamer, better known as The Property Ombudsman, has announced he'll be stepping down at the end of the year.