Business & People
‘Buoyant’ property market pushed Winkworth’s 2022 profit above forecasts
'It will be hard to match the strength of the conditions witnessed in 2022,' says estate agency boss, Dominic Agace, but Winkworth is 'less downbeat than the consensus on the outlook for prices' in 2023
Knight Frank appoints new Battersea & Riverside sales head
Sian-Louise Tangney joined the agency last year from Douglas & Gordon
Knight Frank’s Tim Hyatt on the property market’s ‘recalibration’ & the agency’s goals for 2023
'We are going to double down our focus on the strategic growth areas of the business', says KF's UK resi boss.
Précis Capital secures £1bn backing from Canadian investor; rebrands
Recently-launched real estate lender has significantly increased its firepower, and rebranded to Precede Capital.
Another fractional ownership start-up enters the London property market
Fractal's founders want to 'upend conventional second home ownership', becoming the latest co-ownership venture to target the luxury property sector.
Humberts announces tenth franchise
The 180-year-old estate agency's latest hybrid branch covers Oxford, the Vale of White Horse and Cotswolds’ villages.
London design firm rolls into the Caribbean
Ward & Co has set up a permanent base in the region after winning a number of high-profile commissions, including a new-build development project in collaboration with Randle Siddeley & Adam Architecture
Walpole picks Chelsea townhouse for new HQ
'Official sector body for UK luxury' teams up with Cadogan to create new base for members just off Sloane Square.
Rhodium appoints new Managing Director
Kate Donneky steps up to the newly-created Managing Director position having been a shareholder in Dean Main's specialist luxury property management business since its launch.
Sims Hilditch recruits interior design project lead from Conran
James Flett has previously worked at Conran & Partners, Johnson Naylor and 1508 London.
Haringtons recruits former Savills Director as London buying agent
After nine years with Savills, Toby Downes moved to Redbook in 2021. He's now joined independent buying agency Haringtons as a London specialist.
The Country House Department brings in new Director
Liz McLean has moved to Andrew Russell and Ben Bentley's specialist estate agency having held senior roles at Savills and Jackson-Stops.