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West London estate agency Domus Nova has launched a dedicated investment arm, Domus Nova Investments (DNI), and climbed into bed with apart-hotel specialists Serviced Apartment Solutions. Adam Lowenthal

James Caan’s development and construction consultancy Leadership and Management (L+M), part of his HBRE empire, has hired Joseph Sherratt as Head of Bank Finance and Development Monitoring.

Chesterton Humberts has appointed Paul Belson as its new Residential Investment Director.

Jackson-Stops & Staff has just added a resi acquisition arm to its East Anglia offering.

CBRE has appointed Isabella Slattery as Head of Affordable Housing to its resi consultancy team.

One of London's oldest and largest charitable housing providers, Peabody, has heralded its move into the private sales market, appointing Annette Hurst as Sales and Marketing Director to head up its…

North London agency Aston Chase has added a new face to its highly successful St John's Wood outfit.

Robert Bailey's buying agency has recruited Will Hollest to give "a developer's eye" to the outfit.

Another new online estate agency has launched, but with a slight twist. Sellmyhome.co.uk, created by Knight Frank and Banda alumnus Will Clark, offers vendors the chance to write their own property descriptions.

Grenville Turner, the Group CEO of Countrywide plc, has joined the Department for Communities and Local Government as a Non-Executive Director to the Department’s Board.

Chesterton Humberts has a new Marketing Director, in the form of Giles Milner, who's been promoted to the role after a two-year stint as PR and Marketing Manager.

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