Estate Agency News
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices rejigs top team ahead of ‘exciting’ year
Gino Blefari steps up as CEO of the US-based real estate giant - which made a move on London last year - as its rapid expansion continues...
Douglas Elliman recruits a luxury specialist to repoint the brand
Knight Frank's American ally Douglas Elliman has named an LVMH and Victoria's Secret alumnus as its new creative head, and appointed a new advertising agency
50% of Winkworth’s revenues came from lettings & property management in 2018
Estate agency group expects a slight rise in profits; reports a 'sharp increase in applicants for both property purchases and rentals' in December
Emoov bought out of administration; will re-launch this month
Emoov's tech and brand has been acquired by soon-to-launch peer-to-peer rental platform Mashroom; the online estate agency is to reopen this month
Date set for tenancy fees ban
Tenant Fee Bill passes its final stage in the House of Lords and will come into force on June 1st 2019
Savills creates a dedicated super-prime team; rejigs residential offering in PCL
Resi agency and development sales in prime London are being integrated at Savills, which now claims to have the capital's biggest residential sales team
Knightsbridge vendor offers up huge bonus as US-style brokers change the game in PCL
Owner of £14m apartment incentives hard with 1% sub agency fee and a £100k negotiator bonus on top of joint sole agency fees, in a bid to appeal to London's new breed of 'broker agents';
Government teams up with property & finance industries to tackle fraud
NAEA Propertymark joins the Government's new Economic Crime Strategic Board
12 super-prime instructions poised for some pent-up demand
PrimeResi takes you on a whistle-stop tour of a dozen top-end listings waiting for rising activity levels to translate into acceptable offers...
Top New York property firm launches franchise model with an eye on international expansion
Corcoran expects to open 22 new franchised offices in 2019.
New Head of London Sales at Strutt & Parker, as Willis moves on
Louis Harding has taken over from Charlie Willis as Head of London Sales at Strutt & Parker
John D Wood’s Belgravia boss joins Youhome
'New category' agency signs another heavy hitter to its Prime London team