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David Cox has joined the UK's biggest property portal as legal & compliance director.

Sophie Danes previously ran residential property management teams at Get Living, Knight Frank, CBRE and John D Wood.

Argent co-founder Peter Freeman is the new boss of the Government's housing deliver body, Homes England.

Sarah Garland has bought into the Fine & Country brand, teaming up with the F&C incumbent in Leamington Spa.

Ringley Prime is being led by Lee Gregori, and will focus on Prime Central London property.

Chris Shaw has been recruited as Head of Savills' Notting Hill operation, covering prime property sales in and around W11 as well as super-prime sales in the wider area.

Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s remarkable portfolio ‘could even surpass that of the Duke of Westminster’

Tom West, Dan Day and Tatiana Khoury Naayem have signed up to national estate agency brand Mr & Mrs Clarke. All three are "brand new to the industry".

Planning & development boss James Bainbridge will be taking over from Simon Pallett in the big chair next month.

Savills man Alex Soskin is aiming to break the transatlantic rowing record in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, while raising funds for Mind and the Christina Noble Children’s Foundation.

Former Barclays and Lloyds heavyweight to join banking lobby body, replacing Stephen Jones.

Jason Hobbs' new venture, Halifield Land, will offer land and development advice to landowners and developers in the South East.