Business & People
Westminster Property Assoc elects new Chair
Landsec's Marcus Geddes takes over the top job at central London's real estate advocacy network.
Octagon boosts land & planning team
Luxury developer is on the hunt for sites for a range of new schemes.
Strong lettings performance boosts Foxtons’ finances, as sales revenue falls
"I am encouraged by the early results achieved to date," says Foxtons boss Guy Gittins, as "operational improvements" bear fruit.
Winkworth profits tumble from 2021’s ‘exceptional’ high
Estate agency network reports "very satisfactory" financial results for 2022 - "against a background that was at times challenging."
Ex-Berkshire Hathaway duo launch new PCL property agency
Joe Le Beau & John Harris will be serving up sales and lettings services as Harris Le Beau, a new independent firm focused on the exclusive neighbourhoods around Hyde Park.
Top US broker warns UK property market is ‘sailing into the eye of the storm’
Ryan Serhant thinks values could tank by 20% as the market adjusts to higher mortgage rates - but industry folk in the UK vehemently disagree...
OTM installs new marketing chief
Tom Gough has taken over from Patsy Walton as the property portal's head of marketing.
Luxury property co-ownership firm August appoints new COO
August, which offers fractional ownership of properties across Europe, has recruited the founder of London restaurant Bob Bob Ricard to run its operations.
CBRE names new UK resi agency boss
Move brings together the agency's sales and letting practices under single leadership.
Top-end Yorkshire estate agency continues expansion drive with another senior hire
Knight Frank's Harrogate office broke away to become independent estate agency North Residential just six months ago. The firm has now made another key hire.
British Property Federation & UK PropTech Association to merge
Property industry trade organisations plan to join forces "in order to drive innovation in the property sector."
‘Demand in the super-prime rental market is driving a new dedicated advisor’
Buying agents are de rigeur at the top-end of the sales market, but increasing numbers of HNW tenants are retaining specialists to find their next home and streamline the moving process, says DDRE Global's Alex E…