Cambridge agency welcomes new Directors
Redmayne, Arnold & Harris Ltd has announced that three established members of the Firm have been appointed as Directors and Shareholders. Jason Harvey Christopher Toynbee Christopher Toynbee, Jason...
View ArticleBond Wolfe set to take Midlands by storm
Gurpreet Bassi and Ian Tudor Bond Wolfe, one of the Midland’s leading property consultants, has launched a new property auctions business. Bond Wolfe Auctions will be based in newly refurbished...
View ArticleEstate agents must step up to mark on money laundering, says senior...
The number of estate agents filing suspicious activity reports has increased by 30 percent over the past 12 months but still only represents a tiny minority of the total number submitted, it has been...
View ArticleRoots Tennis is the Village’s Brainiest Business
Businesses from Lancashire village, Eccleston, took part in Eccleston’s first Business Pub quiz, hosted by estate agent Home Truths; raising £555 for the Rosemere Cancer Foundation. 70 people from the...
View ArticleCBRE Bristol boosts team
L to R: Alex Riddell, Ben Johnson, Hannah Hicks CBRE Bristol has announced new appointments as the business celebrates 15 years in the city. James Towersey joins as Director, Rating, while Ben Johnson...
View ArticleBrexit uncertainty ‘catastrophic’ for housing market confidence
The uncertainty created by Theresa May’s ongoing attempts to wrangle a last minute Brexit deal is having a ‘catastrophic’ effect on confidence in the housing market, it has been claimed. The comments...
View ArticleMajor shared ownership provider has Tube ad poster banned
One of the UK’s largest and most high-profile housing trusts has had one of its poster adverts for a shared ownership scheme banned by the advertising regulator. Notting Hill, which is part of a wider...
View ArticleCarter Jonas returns to Zoopla six years after leaving
Upmarket estate agency Carter Jonas has partially returned to Zoopla six years after it quit the portal during the initial launch phase of OnTheMarket. The estate agency describes itself as a ‘top 20’...
View ArticleOTM shares surge after newspaper columnist recommends ‘buy’
The share price of OnTheMarket (OTM) has continued its 28-day rally helped by a newspaper columnist who gave the portal a glowing review in her City business column over the weekend and recommended...
View ArticleLetting agency staff may have to check millions of tenancy agreements after...
Letting agents will soon have to check all their existing tenancy agreements to ensure they do not refer to fees that will soon be illegal when the ban goes live on June 1st this year, a leading...
View ArticleNew Zoopla marketing chief reveals fresh strategy for portal
Zoopla’s new marketing chief has revealed that the property portal is to significantly change how it presents itself both to estate agents and consumers, although its TV crabs are not to be ditched....
View ArticleOne of oldest estate agents in the UK sells up to local rival after 229 years...
One of the UK’s oldest estate agents with a history reaching back 229 years has been taken over by a rival. Two-branch Exeter firm Force & Sons was established by auctioneer and builder John Force...
View ArticleGovernment approves first CMP scheme ahead of April 1st deadline
Property industry insurance and redress giant Hamilton Fraser has become the first company in the UK to gain official approval to operate a client money protection (CMP) scheme. Hamilton Fraser, which...
View ArticleSDL Group smashes £150,000 target
SDL Group has smashed its £150,0000 charity target by raising £182,500 with its partners for its chosen charity, The Donna Louise Hospice. Fundraising started in January 2018 at the company’s annual...
View ArticleBraemore is top dog in Edinburgh!
Two directors of Braemore Sales & Lettings joined 13 other business leaders from Edinburgh and the Lothians to take part in the Edinburgh Dog & Cat Home’s ‘In The Dog House’ 2018 fundraiser....
View ArticleJLL bolsters its build to rent offering with new appointments
JLL has made three new appointments to its build to rent (BTR) and property management teams. Hamish Cameron has joined as an Associate Director in the Build to Rent and PRS asset management team....
View ArticleSpecialist custom-build estate agency to sell ground-breaking development
The UK’s first custom-build housing development for many years has been given planning permission and the first 51 houses are now available as buildings plots, it has been revealed. Oakley Orchards...
View ArticleSpicerhaart and Savills jointly win contract to sell 785 apartment development
Spicerhaart and Savills have jointly won a huge contract to handle the Phase 1 sales of LU2ON, an integrated mixed-use development by Strawberry Star Homes (SSH), part of a major regeneration project...
View ArticlePurplebricks’ bosses in the UK and US quit at the same time as revenue target...
Purplebricks has made the shock announcement that its CEOs in both the UK and US are to leave the hybrid agency at the same time. The statement has been made as the company has cut its revenue...
View ArticleOld house, new house!
Proving that you can have your cake and eat it, two beautiful Victorian townhouses in Manchester have become the first homes in Europe to achieve the world’s toughest performance standards set by the...
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