Business & People

American realty gigantor Coldwell Banker has signed a master franchise agreement to bring its super-brand to Blighty.

Architecture and design firm Perkins+Will has secured the services of one of the world's top "mega building" specialists, Jo Palma.

Rightmove has inked a deal to take over from Zoopla as the London Evening Standard's exclusive property portal partner.

Sotheby's International Realty has announced plans to expand the brand into five additional Gulf countries within the next 12 months.

London’s luxury developers are increasingly applying their interior design expertise closer to home and creating headquarters that would make the Google folk jealous.

Real estate finance house Omni Capital has hired a design studio run by the duo that used to take care of Candy & Candy's brand image to provide "a full range of strategical design services and capabilities."

Rightmove and Zoopla have both shared new upgrades to their systems: Rightmove at the front-end; Zoopla at the back.

Boutique resi property and private wealth firm Berkeley Hurrell has strengthened its PCL offering with the hire of Beth Carey as solicitor.

Winkworth has reported a 17% drop in pre-tax profits in its latest set of results, after sales were hit by all that uncertainty around the election.

Sales and lettings agency Lurot Brand has added to its central London network with a shiny new shop front in W11.

Giant housebuilder Redrow has "curtailed" its land buying in super-prime areas of London in response to the softening market.

High-end Scottish house builder CALA has had a rather strong year, raising its number of completed homes by a third and its average selling price per property to its highest ever level.