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Ex-M&P CEO Rollings invests in Viewber
If you’ve been wondering what Peter Rollings was going to do after exiting Marsh Parsons last year as CEO, then an answer is now forthcoming. Rollings (pictured, below), who before helping grow Marsh & Parsons had a 20-year career at Foxtons including a seven-year stint as Managing Director, has now ploughed some of his considerable wealth into digital start-up Viewber. Established by former Douglas & Gordon executive director Ed Mead, Viewber offers an outsourced property viewings service to agents for both lettings and sales. ”When I first read about Viewber I was intrigued and rang Ed asking to hear more about it,” says Rollings. “We had coffee and by the time the bill came I told him I wanted to be part of it and was prepared to invest in the business. It’s the first proptech I’ve seen which genuinely understands the way the [property] business works; they’ve looked at a problem within the industry and provided a viable solution.” Viewber launched last summer with backing from Mead and digital innovator Marcus de Ferranti but Rollings is the first external investor to plough funds into the business. “I’m delighted to have Peter involved as his experience and insight, as one…
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Movers & Shakers
Marsh & Parsons CEO steps down
After 11 successful years as CEO of Marsh & Parsons, Peter Rollings has stepped down. Peter will act as a Marsh & Parsons brand ambassador for two years.
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Housing Market
Property transactions increase 9.7 per cent
The number of UK residential property transactions rose by 9.7 per cent year-on-year in January, fresh figures from HMRC shows. Last month there were 105,940 residential property transactions, which although on a seasonally adjusted basis dropped 2.8 per cent month-on-month, was notably higher than the same month last year, a sign that while there remains much uncertainty due to existing global economic conditions, the market is now in a much healthier position than in January 2015. “Strong market conditions prompted a solid annual increase in the number of residential transactions this January, despite the typical monthly fall from December as activity from buyers and sellers tapered off after the end of the year,” said Brian Murphy at MAB. Andy Sommerville (left), Director of Search Acumen, like many housing commentators, expects to see transactions rise further before April, as the market braces itself for a “buy-to-let surge” ahead of changes to stamp duty. “The full picture of the Government’s intervention into buy to let is likely to reveal itself at the end of the first quarter,” he said. “While lack of affordability and housing supply remain a key issue, this month-on-month dip should be seen in the wider context of uncertainty…
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