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12-branch London estate agency Portico - which started out life as Edmund Cude in 1818 and rebranded last year - is offering a fixed fee promotion for properties it values at over £1m.

Keller Williams UK, part of the US-based estate agency franchise megalith, has brought in a new face to its Mayfair hub to drive recruitment of more London agents.

Oakhill Residential, the agency set up by former Goldschmidt & Howland man Lee Cash, has put down roots in West Hampstead.

Hamptons International has appointed Boutaina Cansicka as its new Central London Regional Lettings Director.

One of Knight Frank's top fee earners is returning to Devon to lead the firm's Exeter operation. A key member of the agency's acquisition arm, The Buying Solution, will also be joining the team.

We didn't know there was an artists' quarter in St John's Wood, but apparently this was the place to be if you were a (successful) 19th century creative.

International hotel operator AccorHotels has bought onefinestay - a high-end and fully-serviced London-based version of Airbnb - for £117m, with big plans to roll out the rental business in more locations…

Grosvenor Group is moving the chairs around its top table, creating a new Group Chief Exec role and promoting two, all with effect from 1st January 2017.

Qatari Diar, APG and Delancey have pooled resources to create a gigantor for the Private Rented Sector with ambitions "to become the leading player in the delivery of professionally managed homes in London…

Law firm Winckworth Sherwood has bolstered its residential sales team with the hire of Jodie Campbell as partner.

A 'sense of impetus' was noted in the prime central London market last month, with the first rise in transaction volumes recorded this year.

The scheme, which aims to spread the cost of flood damage by imposing a £180m levy on the insurance industry, is now accepting policies from insurers.