Business & People

Prime London estate agency Chestertons has announced a new link-up with a Paris property consultant that will "forge closer links between Europe’s two strongest residential markets."

Savills has formed a new association with Italian outfit Santandrea Luxury Houses, the high end residential property arm of Gabetti Property Solutions.

The Pollen Estate, which owns quite the chunk of prime retail Mayfair including Savile Row and Bond Street, has named David Shaw - head of The Crown Estate’s Regent Street portfolio - as its new Chairman.

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. James Thornett

Strutt & Parker has acquired two-branch Buckinghamshire estate agency Roberts Newby.

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."

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…

Humberts has hired seasoned pro Jeremy Campbell-Harris as its new Head of London Country Houses.

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.

Developer Miller Homes has a new National Sales and Marketing Director.

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…

Resi titan Grainger has appointed RBS’s current Global Head of Real Estate Management as its new CEO.