NEWSbeat
DEALS
CBRE’s agreement with Countrywide
CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) and Countrywide have signed a UK-wide agreement
to combine the resources of Countrywide with CBRE’s capability in residential-led mixed- use development. The agreement extends CBRE’s
long-standing relationship with Hamptons International, and will now include Countrywide’s 1,300 offices and teams of land advisors, financial services consultants, new build and social housing specialists. Countrywide will deliver all -
TRAINING Property postgraduates visit Budapest
A site beside the River Danube in Budapest, Hungary, is being assessed for potential development options by property and construction postgraduate students at Nottingham Trent University. A team of students from the university’s School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment has been given an hypothetical brief to assume the role of an independent real estate and construction consultancy commissioned to advise on the site’s potential. The postgraduates – studying
MSc building surveying, quantity surveying, planning and development and real estate – are
working in multidisciplinary groups for the project, which is part of a ‘professional practice’ module. The module is intended to provide a crucial international dimension to postgraduate study and is a key aspect to the development of students’ employability. The students were briefed for
the project by representatives from the developer, Wing, which currently owns the site. They also gathered expert market knowledge from other industry professionals in Budapest, including Nottingham Trent University graduates who hold key positions in leading property firms. They spent a week near to the
Prime site overlooks the Danube
36-acre site and will now produce scheme designs and look at development costing, value management, planning, infrastructure, building construction and surveying. Steven Tyler, the principal lecturer in estate surveying who accompanied the students on the visit, said, “Whilst requiring fundamental surveying skills such as building evaluation and appraisal, cost analysis and financial planning, as well as strategy, planning and valuation, this multidisciplinary project also helps to develop personal and interpersonal skills, qualities and attributes. For example, the project helps to extend and enhance organisation, planning, team working, leadership, and presentational skills, and co-operative working.”
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round project marketing services including advice on all aspects of sales, rental, investment, financial and property management for new houses and apartments, using its high street infrastructure to maximise CBRE’s unit sales capabilities.
Martin Samworth, Managing
Director, CB Richard Ellis UK, said, “This agreement with Countrywide is part of our core strategy to expand our presence in the residential market. Through our residential business, headed by Mark Collins, CBRE is providing project marketing advice in Central London whilst outside of this area,
our agreement with Countrywide will enable clients to benefit from their unrivalled regional UK new homes sales network. This is a perfect fit for both businesses and, most importantly, our clients.” Grenville Turner, Countrywide CEO, said, “This agreement is an industry first and brings together two of the largest players in the UK property market. This agreement underpins our aim to provide builders, housing associations and registered social landlords, who are playing an ever increasing role in the provision of housing in the country, with advice on all aspects of new build sales and marketing.”
PORTALS
Record traffic for Rightmove
Experian Hitwise statistics for March showed another record-breaking
month of traffic for Rightmove, as it launched a new TV advertising campaign. A record 58.37 per cent of all
webpages viewed within the property industry were on Rightmove in March. Experian Hitwise count 1,325 property industry websites, and Rightmove’s lead means that more pages are viewed on its site than on all other property websites put together. Rightmove Commercial
‘Rightmove’ is Googled more than ‘property’
Director Miles Shipside said, “This record-breaking traffic shows that when UK consumers think property they think Rightmove. This is backed up by the fact that ‘Rightmove’ remains a more popular Google search term than the word ‘property’ itself. Our page view statistics show that when people visit us they are highly engaged in terms of using the site, and our market share of page views amongst the top four property websites has risen again this month to now stand at 83.1 per cent.” Rightmove’s new TV
advertising campaign highlights the various ways that the British public use the web and mobile applications to search for Rightmove member agents’ properties.
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