Business & People
Two new board members at Weston as turnover tipped to hit £200m
            Developer Weston Homes has appointed Jonathan Lewis and Jane Stock to its Group board.
        
    JLL launches Nine Elms resi office
            JLL has opened its eighth resi office in the capital, right in the Nine Elms mixer.
        
    Adapt & Survive: The evolution of the UK buying agency market
            The popularity of buying agents has increased dramatically in recent years, and the market is showing distinct signs of maturity.        
    Principia scales new heights for charity
            The brave souls at Principia Estate and Asset Management have raised a whopping £17,000 in aid of male cancer charity the Orchid Cancer Appeal, by abseiling 541 feet down London's scarily-high Broadgate…        
    Sign of the Times: John D Wood’s long-serving boards get a ‘modern makeover’
            Estate agency John D Wood & Co has touched up its For Sale and To Let boards, revamping a design that's lined streets across London, Surrey, Hampshire and Oxfordshire unchanged for the last 25 years.
        
    Prime Purchase grows Cotswolds team
            Property buying agency Prime Purchase is boosting its presence in the Cotswolds, recruiting a local Savills man to its team.
        
    OnTheMarket queries Zoopla’s performance
            Yesterday, Zoopla Property Group reported that it had clawed a few agents back from OnTheMarket in a return to “more normal historic levels” of agent churn.        
    Savills partners with Miami firm
            Savills has joined forces with a major player on the Florida real estate scene.
        
    Zoopla reports membership boost
            Zoopla has announced gains in UK agency membership, listings and traffic in its latest set of results.
        
    Rightmove to get redesign
            Britain's biggest property portal Rightmove is overhauling its website design to "give the average agent more than double the exposure."
        
    ‘Remarkable’ summer for high-end Yorkshire agent
            A prime-focused agency in York has reported a "remarkable" few months, after agreeing £17m worth of deals at an average of £1.9m a pop.
        
    Lodha looks to float within 18 months, with big plans for London projects
            Mumbai-based mega-developer Lodha is teeing itself up for a major IPO.