Business & People
MartinCo snaps up ‘hybrid’ agency EweMove
Two-year old firm bought by major franchise group in £15m deal
Transaction taxes are now too high – Berkeley
Restricting mobility in the second hand market and the delivery of new homes, says giant housebuilder
Beauchamp Estates targets Eastern Asia’s HNWIs; luxury agency on global marketing push
Mayfair property agency rolls out Chinese-language website after noting surge in traffic
Mead to leave Douglas & Gordon for ‘radical’ new start-up
High profile agency boss to run 'radical new support service' for high street and online estate agencies
Most buyers still finding via ‘traditional’ means – Which?
Consumer champion quizzed a bunch of recent UK homebuyers about how they actually found their new abode
New Assoc Director for Colliers’ new homes team
Joins Colliers' Old Street office with a remit to focus on the new homes sector
Knight Frank hires new homes specialist from Hamptons
Tom Hawkins joins Knight Frank's 35-strong New Homes division
The Recruit of Happiness: Why real estate employers need to sell themselves
The best candidates are vetting employers as much as being vetted by them
Berkeley Group set to be flushed out of the FTSE 100
Indications are that the housebuilder has dropped down to No.112 in the market capitalisation rankings
Online estate agencies gain traction – but exchanges seem in short supply
63% of firms surveyed said that their number of new instructions increased between June and July
Jackson-Stops launches resi corporate services offering
New division will involve 12 JSS branches from Mayfair to Weybridge
London estate agencies John D Wood and Faron Sutaria to merge
Countrywide Plc announces plans to create a 51-branch "London powerhouse"