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Hugo Thistlethwayte will be stepping down as Managing Director of Savills' buying arm Prime Purchase, which he helped to found back in 2002, in January.

Bridging specialist Dragnofly Property Finance has recruited a new Head of Residential Development.

Independent buying outfit Watership Property has hired former Savills Associate Tania Thompson to cover the key Cotswolds and Oxfordshire patch.

Luxury developer teams up with New York-based investment boutique Junius Real Estate Partners

So it's not quite as appealing as the Guadalmina branch, but Winkworth is continuing its expansion apace, notching up a new office in Reading.

Knight Frank has made a bundle of promotions, bumping 34 employees up to Partner level and another 69 to the Associate rank. On the residential side of the business, 25 have been made Partners:

Savills' Jonathan Hewlett walked away with the "Property Advisor of the Year" gong at last night's Spear's Wealth Management Awards, while Zoopla's Alex Chesterman and Simon Kain were named "Entrepreneurs…

Kensington-based Banda Property has strengthened its buying team after reporting a surge in demand for off-plan resi. Helical Bar's hotly-tipped Barts Square scheme by Smithfield Market

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.