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Zoopla Property Group has appointed a new Chief Financial Officer, after current CFO Stephen Morana announced his plan to leave in January.

Sir Stuart Hampson has announced he'll be retiring from his role as Chairman of the Crown Estate after six years at the helm. H

Chestertons has opened the doors to its 34th London office. The all-new Richmond Hill base will cover the wider Richmond area and link up with existing branches in Kew, East Sheen, Barnes and Chiswick. Xav

The Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors is calling for entries from "the most innovative and creative marketing campaigns in the UK property industry" for its annual awards event in June.

As of next week, landlords and letting agents in the UK will have to add detailed "right to rent" checks to their - already lengthy - to-do lists when granting new tenancy agreements.

With the luxury housing market continuing to cool, some property firms in Singapore are coming up with new ways to help developers boost sales, writes PropertyGuru's Romesh Navaratnarajah

Multinational agency Engel & Völkers has reported a chunky rise in revenues. 2015's group commission revenues were up 36.4% on 2014's totals and hit 409.8 million euros, a new record for the firm.

CBRE has brought all of its central London and South East land development operations under one banner to create "the largest and only mixed use development team covering all 33 London Boroughs".

Rooted in (where else but) California, the concept of "home staging" as a standalone discipline has been around since the early 1990s.

Strutt & Parker is reportedly looking to expand its estate agency business in the UK.

The UK's biggest estate agency group Countrywide is "in retailing, the same as Tesco”, said Chief Executive (and Tesco Non Exec) Alison Platt at the weekend.

London-based international developer Strawberry Star Group has hired another senior management type from United House Developments.