Marketing
Don’t personalise marketing emails…
A good old-fashioned email still has more clout in a buying decision than all that social media guff, according to new research by The Economist and Lyris
Portal Kombat: Another agent-owned property portal enters the fray
Would you believe it? After all the high-fives and backslapping following the announcement of Agents Mutual, another name-pending agent-owned portal is about to strap on some gloves and enter the ring…
Compare the Markets: Savills launches new interactive map
Savills has launched a swanky new interactive map of London to help buyers hone in on a particular area, measure it up against its neighbours and see where it's headed price-wise over the next five years
Suits You: Jermyn Street resi scheme launches
The Crown Estate's right royal regeneration of St James's is picking up pace, with the launch of the area's latest luxury resi scheme on the impeccably turned-out Jermyn Street.
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Development World: The London Real Estate Forum, Berkeley Square
Most of London's property development community will be descending on Berkeley Square for the next two days, as the inaugural London Real Estate Forum gets underway in a massive tent
Mixing It Up: The new school of mixed-use development
As a raft of new schemes promise buyers "hotel levels" of customer service, Robert Soning asks whether property management companies are ready to deal with the challenges presented by this new era of m…
Agents turn to luxury buzz-words to flog houses
257,000 homes in the UK are now described as having a "high spec" interior, according to research by Aviva, as estate agents focus on luxury buzz-words to bring in buyers, listing high-end finishings alongside…
The Art of Space
How does a developer successfully choose, commission and install artwork? Can the right pieces significantly enhance saleability? What are the tangible benefits for the wider art scene?
Primelocation.com lords it up with cricket sponsorship deal
With a comprehensive drubbing of New Zealand in the bag and and a rip-roaring Ashes series in the offing, hopes are unnaturally high for some English success on the cricket field this summer
The Wood Awards: Last call for entries
Architects, builders, carpenters and furniture-makers have until Friday (31st May) to get their entries in for The Wood Awards 2013
Construction sites to open doors again in September
Major construction across the UK will be opening themselves up to the public in September as part of the second Open Doors Weekend
New agent-owned property portal to take on Rightmove and Zoopla
Some of the biggest names in estate agency have clubbed together to launch a new property portal to rival the incumbent giants, calling upon the wisdom of former Primelocation CEO Ian Springett to make…