Zoopla embarks on a significant hiring spree
Property portal and technology business Zoopla plans to hire 120 new skilled staff in 2020, taking firm’s total headcount to over 750.
Purplebricks reports ‘resilient’ trading; shoots for 10% market share
Hybrid agency ‘very pleased with progress made…in light of the market backdrop’
Team Building: 1508 & Solution Design on developing a successful recruitment strategy
PrimeResi talks to Stuart Horwood, CEO of top design practice 1508, and Jason Bailey of long term recruitment partner Solution Design, about their business relationship, and how a carefully curated recruitment strategy has helped the studio grow into an international player…
Harrods Estates reports record month for lettings
PCL agency’s best ever lettings performance driven by renewals in the super-prime range
Century 21 franchisee acquires Hampton estate agency
The acquisition “is the largest of its kind for Century 21 UK”; the combined companies will rebrand to become “Century 21 Luxe Residential”
Foxtons closes four more London branches
Estate agency consolidates its network, shutting up shops in Richmond, Muswell Hill, Barnet and Surbiton
OnTheMarket reports decent progress in converting freebie listing arrangements to paid contracts
3,000 more agency branches are now paying to list on the five-year-old property portal.
NHBC appoints a Commercial Director
New-build warranty provider NHBC has made three senior appointments: a new Commercial Director, a new Head of Standards, Innovation & Research, and a new Head of Health & Safety
Knight Frank names new lettings & London sales heads
Gary Hall and James Clarke step up as agency rejigs senior line-up following the retirement of Andrew Hay
Ex-Savills research chief awarded RIBA Honorary Fellowship
‘Trailblazer’ Yolande Barnes was appointed Chair of UCL’s new Bartlett Real Estate Institute last year
Humberts to enter administration again?
177-year-old estate agency Humberts is rumoured to be in trouble, 19 months after being bought out of administration.
Berkeley profits drop by nearly a third
Profits have “returned to normal level” at Tony Pidgley’s FTSE 100 firm, as the housebuilding giant moves on from some big-ticket PCL developments.