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Peabody appoints Sales and Marketing Director to “spearhead move into private sales market”
One of London's oldest and largest charitable housing providers, Peabody, has heralded its move into the private sales market, appointing Annette Hurst as Sales and Marketing Director to head up its…
“Strong competition” for investment flats – W.A.Ellis
There's a fully-fledged bunfight for sub-£2m investment properties, according to the latest market report from W.A.
Edinburgh signals return to normality as transaction levels rocket
Fair Edinburgh has seen a return to "normal, healthy transaction levels", according to the Knight Frank team after they recorded a whopping increase in Q4 deals.
Bailey recruits “developer’s eye” to buying team
Robert Bailey's buying agency has recruited Will Hollest to give "a developer's eye" to the outfit.
Zoopla could announce floatation “within weeks”
It sounds like Zoopla is gearing up for its blockbusting floatation, which could value the purple portal somewhere north of the £1bn mark.
Strong Q3 for British Land
British Land has been updating the world on its Q3 2013/14 activity, and things look to be going well for the giant developer.
The Clarges Estate
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Write-your-own-details online agency launches
Another new online estate agency has launched, but with a slight twist. Sellmyhome.co.uk, created by Knight Frank and Banda alumnus Will Clark, offers vendors the chance to write their own property descriptions.
Countrywide boss joins DCLG
Grenville Turner, the Group CEO of Countrywide plc, has joined the Department for Communities and Local Government as a Non-Executive Director to the Department’s Board.
HIP Hop: RICS recommends Home Reports for England & Wales
An independent inquiry, commissioned by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, has suggested that Home Reports - which sound rather similar to the much-maligned Home Information Packs that were ditched…
Resi construction value leaps 88% in a year
The value of the UK's construction industry has soared by 67.1% to £6bn over the last 12 months, according to Barbour ABI's latest Market Review, with the residential sector jumping by 88.1% year-on-year.
Happy Place: More signs of high homeowner confidence
Countrywide's latest YouGov sentiment survey comes to a very similar conclusion to Knight Frank's version released last week: we're all pretty positive about house prices.
New Marketing Director for Chesterton Humberts
Chesterton Humberts has a new Marketing Director, in the form of Giles Milner, who's been promoted to the role after a two-year stint as PR and Marketing Manager.