Business & People
Read it and weep: On the parallel universe of the free property magazine
A lot of free magazines filled with a lot of very premium stuff get stuffed through Alan Page's Kensington letterbox. Who is all this for, he asks, and why do they do it?
INTERVIEW: Wilben’s Benjamin & William Samuels on why property is in the blood
Twin brothers and super-prime developers had sketched out their business plan by the age of 16
18-month old Purplebricks becomes first online agent to float
Online estate agency Purplebricks - which claims to be the UK's fourth biggest estate agency (most customers) - has confirmed that it will start trading on the Stock Market with a £255m valuation on…
Pidgley: Continued property tax changes may cause unintended consequences
The boss of giant housebuilder Berkeley Group has warned of "unintended consequences" resulting from "continued changes" to property taxation in the UK.
Strutt & Parker acquires Surrey planning consultancy
Strutt & Parker has bought AKA Planning, an independent planning consultancy based in Leatherhead.
AKA's team of six planners will join Strutt & Parker’s existing development team in Guildford;
Change at the top for St Modwen’s resi operations
St. Modwen, the property developer and regeneration specialist behind New Covent Garden and Wembley Central, has made a couple of changes to its senior residential team.
John Taylor debuts in Germany with new Berlin base
Luxury real estate brokerage John Taylor has boosted its tally of global offices to 21 after opening up a Berlin operation.
Deverell Smith plans 100% expansion as demand for property recruitment services ‘soars’
The market may still be in choppy waters, but it doesn't sound like property firms are battening down the hatches just yet - far from it in fact.
Sphere Estates to launch after Abercrombie & Kent management buyout
Luxury travel brand Abercrombie & Kent's property arm - Abercrombie & Kent International Estates - is morphing into a new operation - Sphere Estates - following a management buyout by the company's General…
Zoopla reports record profits and rising membership in ‘transformational year’
Zoopla has turned in some pretty solid annual results, with chunky increases in both revenues and profits.
Revenue was up 34% to £107.
Special Delivery: Sager and Cain Hoy unveil £400m Islington Square scheme
Sager Group and Cain Hoy have lifted the lid on their much-anticipated reimagining of the ginormous former North London Royal Mail Centre.
Government to look at ‘encouraging’ the online estate agency model
Her Majesty's Treasury is looking at ways of "injecting innovation into the process of home buying" to cut costs for homeowners, speed up processes and jolly transaction numbers along.