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Westminster's high-profile housing and property councillor - Jonathan Glanz - has reportedly resigned after penning an article on council tenants.

Carter Jonas officially launched its new Somerset office this week, with a shindig at the Vicars’ Hall, Wells Cathedral. Patrick Brady

Another big hire for Jones Lang LaSalle has just been announced.

Search-agent-slash-developer Banda has hired a new Development and Legal Manager to "fuse" the firm's legal/contract needs with its development activities.

Dan Van Gelder, the co-founder of Exemplar Properties, has been elected chairman of the Westminster Property Association.

Jones Lang LaSalle has strengthened its resi land offering with the appointment of former Lambert Smith Hampton man Peter Day.

Things are clearly going pretty well for Savills' Residential Development department...

Mark Prisk, the former Housing Minister, has been "Been asked to step aside from Housing for a younger generation" as part of today's (7th October 2013) cabinet reshuffle.

Buying agency Black Brick has hired Jessica Parkinson as its newest consultant.

Estate agency Marsh & Parsons has recruited Charles Holland as its new Director of Residential Developments and Investments.

There'll be no change at the top for the Crown Estate for the next four years or so; Sir Stuart Hampson has just been re-appointed as Chair and Gareth Baird as Scottish Commissioner.

There's been something of a run on Countrywide's new trainee surveyor programme, with demand streaming in from all sorts of property peeps.