International Business
Coldwell Banker rebrands global luxury division
US-based real estate giant Coldwell Banker has unveiled a brand new look for its global luxury division, designed to "create a unified voice in reaching both the mainstream and affluent customer".
‘Selling Sunset’ brokerage eying London?
Oppenheim Group boss says London would be his first choice for a new international office, but the UK's real estate system makes 'no sense'
Fine & Country signs first licensee in Asia
Upper-end estate agency brand is launching its first outpost in Asia, setting up shop in Hong Kong.
‘It’s a great life out here’: Ex-Aston Chase agent makes it as a top LA realtor
'It's a wonderful life and totally incomparable to being an agent in the UK', says London-born realtor Jonathan Nash, who has gone on to sell nearly half a billion dollars worth of West Coast super-homes...
Beauchamp expands in Tel Aviv with luxury agency acquisition
MAKI has been rebranded and merged into Beauchamp Estates's Israeli operation, which launched last year.
Covid-19 has hit Rightmove revenues ‘ten times’ harder than other portals
Analyst Mike Del Prete has looked into Covid-19's effect on global real estate portal revenues, suggesting that the UK's number one portal has been hit significantly harder than international comparables.
Montague rebrands; recruits Sobha man for Middle East expansion
Luke Banks has moved from leading luxury Dubai developer Sobha in the UK to helming the new Middle East division of Thomas Balashev's Montague Real Estate.
Hungarian resi development giant Cordia makes its first UK splash
“Our goal is to become one of the leading and most diversified residential development groups in Europe," says Cordia International's Chairman Tibor Földi.
‘Selling Sunset’ brokerage looks to expand in the UK
"You co-broke or go broke", says the London-based Managing Director of American celebrity real estate brokerage Nest Seekers, as it looks to expand its UK footprint.
Chinese mega-developer slashes all prices by 30%, potentially sparking a property price war
China Evergrande is cutting prices at all its mainland schemes by nearly a third as it tries to boost sales figures.
Keller Williams enters 50th international market
'World’s largest real estate technology franchise' expands its presence in the Caribbean and South America; now has 240 market centres outside of the US and Canada.
Leading RE signs up 22 new members
Chicago-based network now has more than 550 members with over 150,000 agents in 70 countries.