Business & People

South West London estate agency Aspire has rebranded with a "fresh and distinctive new look".

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has announced that it is buying the US-based online real estate titan Move, Inc. for around $950m.

Knightsbridge-based estate agency W.A.Ellis and global property giant JLL have released a surprise announcement confirming a merger.

Short-term lender Montello Bridging Finance has has rebranded under the LendInvest identity to "avoid the issue of possible confusion".

Haus Properties, the estate agency founded by Apprentice contestant Jamie Lester, is opening a new branch - its third in West London - early next year.

Cluttons has recruited Savills' Joanna Leverett as its Head of International Residential Markets.

Foxtons is opening its 50th and 51st branches in the South East.

Knight Frank has announced a huge surge in profits, together with an ambitious plan to beef up the firm's resi presence in the capital.

This could be the best time in a generation to buy a property, says Humberts' Head of Country Houses James Grillo in conversation with PrimeResi.

A developer has threatened legal action after planners voted to officially name his new apartment scheme "Millionaires' Row", because "only millionaires will be able to afford to buy them".

Hamptons International has rolled out a new office in Stratford-Upon-Avon in Warwickshire.

John D Wood & Co. has amplified its offering South of the River with the acquisition of Duck & Hedges lettings agency on Clapham Common South Side.