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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".

As we put a bonkers Q1 behind us, Tim Hassell considers the likely long and short term impacts of the latest SDLT hike on the UK's buy-to-let market...

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;

Competition to design a 10,000 square foot fantasy home on a former golf course

Marsh & Parsons is continuing its advance across the capital with another office opening, the agency's second of 2016 so far and 26th to date.