Business & People
Paying Up: Residential Property Salary Survey 2014
The resi property industry "remains a lucrative sector to work in" says specialist recruitment agency Deverell Smith, with the sector's average wage now standing 14.63% above the national average.
New owners of Sotheby’s franchise unveil ambitious expansion plans
It sounds like the new owners of the British arm of Sotheby's International Realty have some pretty big plans for the high-end estate agency.
£8m investment fuels Canburg’s global interiors ambition
Canburg, the owner of high-end interiors brands Smallbone of Devizes and Mark Wilkinson Furniture, has netted an £8m capital investment from the Business Growth Fund to "accelerate its UK and international…
INTERVIEW: Ben & Nick Wilson of ResidenceOne on starting a prime resi development business
With two significant projects currently launching in Belgravia - including a per square foot record-breaker - and a rapidly burgeoning super-prime pipeline, brothers Ben and Nick Wilson may be new…
Special Relationship: Knight Frank teams up with top US brokerage
Anglo-American relations have taken a big step forward - in the resi property world at least - with the formation of a 'strategic alliance' between Knight Frank and US brokerage Douglas Elliman.
Strong H1 gives ‘clear signs that Winkworth is gaining market share’
Estate agency Winkworth's Interim Results for the six months to 30 June 2014 look pretty rosy.
The family-run AIM-listed franchise's sales rose by 20.4% to £2.
Knight Frank Finance teams up with Shawbrook
Knight Frank Finance has signed up to Shawbrook Bank's Strategic Partner programme for the South East.
Berkeley’s finance head leaves the board
Berkeley Group's long-standing finance head has dropped out of the Board of Directors rather suddenly.
Winkworth sets up shop in Salisbury
Winkworth has settled on Salisbury as the location for its latest offering.
Zoopla backers get behind property crowdfunding venture
Octopus Investments - the venture capitalist firm that backed an early stage Zoopla Property Group seven years ago - has invested in a residential property crowdfunding business that trumpets the opportunity…
Fine & Countries: Estate agency partners with international property portal network
Fine & Country has partnered up with Worldposting, an international property portal network.
Carter Jonas recruits new marketing chief to roll out brand refresh
Carter Jonas has just just pimped its look, rolling out a "brand refresh" across all 29 branches from today (8th September).