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British Land has signed itself up as Headline Partner of this year's London Design Festival in September.

Beauchamp Estates' decision to take some exhibition space at this year's Top Marques Show in Monaco paid off big time after His Serene Highness Prince Albert II rocked up to talk real estate.

One of Make Architects' Founding Partners has left the business to set up his own "collaborative research-led design studio".

Countrywide plc has recruited Barclays' "Head of Affluent Segment" as the new Managing Director for Hamptons International, marking "an exciting new chapter for the company".

A neo-classical mansion on Totteridge Common has been sold in one of the biggest deals outside of London so far this year. Guided at £16.

What happened when the boss of CBRE's resi division swapped jobs with an apprentice surveyor for the day?

London estate agency Portico - formed when Edmund Cude acquired Bushells back in 2012 - has bought eight-branch east London firm Spencers.

Global property prices in prime cities increased by 3.

Only a handful of £10m+ resi deals were recorded by the Land Registry in Q1, which isn't to say they weren't happening.

Mortgages for homes over £1m are now at their highest level in ten years, says Hamptons International, as seven-figure properties are "no longer just for the super-wealthy".

Last month's stamp duty deadline may have boosted activity levels across the board in Q1, but the big trend appears to be one of increasing localisation - particularly in the capital.

While the headlines may trumpet China's economic deceleration and hunkering, a vast number of wealthy Chinese investors are still pouring money into overseas property;