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Chelsea-based property advisory RFR picked up a big gong at this year's Magic Circle Awards, an event usually dominated by wealth managers and finance companies (it has nothing to do with magicians).

Following the launch of a commercial property arm last year, top London buying agency VanHan has set up a new lettings department, recruiting Knight Frank's Matilda Macpherson to run the show.

UHNW research house Wealth-X has prepared a handy rundown of the ten richest people in international real estate.

Prime central London property developer Epsilon Real Estate Partners has recruited a new Associate Director of Residential Acquisitions.

JLL's UK Deputy Chairman has been named as the new Chief Executive of the Howard de Walden Estate, which owns 92 acres of prime Marylebone.

High-end country agency Humberts has hired Stuart Warnock to lead its Blandford operation in North Dorset.

ADAM Architecture has made its first Director appointment since that of George Saumarez Smith back in 2004. Robbie Kerr

US-based real estate leviathan Coldwell Banker has made a move on London's Southbank.

Colliers International has brought in party wall expert, Michael Cooper, to form a new Neighbourly Matters team within the firm’s Building Surveying & Project Management department.

Boutique developer SAS Investments has added two new land buyers to the ranks as it gears up to launch a batch of new schemes and a five-year investment vehicle.

Beauchamp Estates' decision to take some exhibition space at this year's Top Marques Show in Monaco paid off big time after His Serene Highness Prince Albert II rocked up to talk real estate.

Countrywide plc has recruited Barclays' "Head of Affluent Segment" as the new Managing Director for Hamptons International, marking "an exciting new chapter for the company".