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JLL Residential has strengthened its Middle East & North Africa capability with a senior appointment.

Oaktree Capital-backed resi development lender Titlestone Property Finance has made three hires to its lending team in an effort to expand its operations in the south of England.

Savills has signed up former Cluttons man Jim Wickens to join its building & project consultancy team. Jim Wickens

Buckinghamshire law firm BP Collins LLP has boosted its burgeoning property team with the appointment of four new associates.

Nicky Richmond assesses the inaugural MIPIM UK from a property lawyer's point of view and asks 'what is it good for?' Tempted as I am to finish the line of that song, it would not be entirely accurate.

Knight Frank has made a strong play on the research front, by creating the new role of Chief Economist to 'place the company at the forefront of debate on the future of global property'. James Roberts

The panel discussions have been packed to the rafters, but maybe because Hammersmith Road isn't the Croisette, reports Nicky Richmond from behind the barricades...

Construction behemoth Balfour Beatty has named its new CEO.

Louise Hewlett has just launched an independent property company

RTKL, the architecture / urban design uber-practice behind the likes of Shanghai's Baccarat Residences and Jakarta's Four Seasons,  has made a move on London's residential arena with the "strategic hire"…

A former County Homesearch operator and a former Fine & Country Director have set up as independent buying agents in West Wales.

RBKC's Executive Director for Planning and Borough Development has announced his retirement.