Marketing
Chestertons makes the switch to electric
33-branch firm becomes the first major player to replace its entire fleet with zero-emission vehicles, while shifting all of its offices over to a renewable energy supplier
New members-only ‘digital club’ promises early access to prime property listings
Ex-Knight Frank man launches new venture advertising 'high value assets to an elite collection of buyers who want opportunities seen nowhere else'
New PR firm Ebury scoops high-end clients and bolsters team
Emily Lewis and Emma Dreike's fledgling agency recruits Knight Frank's Celia McKelvey and adds more super-prime firms to its client roster
Complaints about property adverts jump by 28%
The Advertising Standards Authority received 975 complaints about property ads in 2018
On the changing face of luxury property marketing
Targeting a specific buyer demographic is no longer a case of advertising in the right magazines, notes Simon Deen; the world has moved on, and buying patterns have been forever changed;
Change-of-use resi developments wanted for new TV series
George Clarke's television production company is on the hunt for property developments to feature on a new Channel 4 show
Brand & Deliver: On the evolution of luxury branded residences
The global branded residential property sector is changing, reports Knight Frank, as more hotel and lifestyle brands bring new visions and more diverse ambitions.
Top Dubai developer installs a new Head of Sales on Park Lane
Nikhil Brij Kapur has joined Sobha Realty's new London operation to run sales for the firm's flagship Sobha Hartland project in Dubai
New prime London property portal offers ‘off-market’ listings
Ten prime London estate agents have signed up to Utsav Goenka's new venture, Vyomm
New property TV show promises ‘twice the life for half the price’
Kate Humble will front the 'aspirational life change' series, made by Kirstie Allsopp & Phil Spencer's Raise The Roof Productions, to be aired on Channel 5 later this year
Top interior design house launches unmod property portal
Janine Stone's new "Buy & Refurbish" service features listings of pre-vetted unmodernised project properties for sale
Lies & Statistics: On the lost art of valuing property
Portals have given vendors the ability to do their own research, but gauging the right asking price remains beyond the reach of machines, says Patrick Alvarado