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No matter how many many cards we swap, tweets we chirp, or LinkedIn requests we send, former colleagues can often be the most useful contacts in our address books, says Rupert Collingwood...

Christian and Nick Candy started Candy & Candy when they were 26 and 27; Finchatton's Andrew Dunn and Alex Michelin did their first deal when they were 25 and 26.

Despite all the headlines and bluster, only 7% of Greater London's properties for sale went overseas in 2013-14, according to Savills' new World in London report.

Marsh & Parsons has recruited Simon Maine-Tucker as Acquisitions Director to its Residential Development & Investment department, and has also hired Rebecca Derbyshire to the New Homes team.

One of prime resi's statistical heavyweights, John D Wood's former Head of Valuation James Wyatt, has set up his own research house to offer independent, reliable indices, reports and valuations.

Hamptons International has acquired Humberts' entire country lettings & property management business.

After three years of hard feuding, plans for an 80-metre wind turbine in Shropshire's heritage heartland have been withdrawn.

The gap between prime regional and prime London house prices may have just peaked, according to Savills.

As Keltbray forges ahead with enabling works at Qatari Diar's Chelsea Barracks site, the developers are holding yet another exhibition to keep the locals informed and, it hopes, on side.

Foster + Partners has bought out its private equity backer 3i's minority holding in the business to return the architecture practice to 100% own-ownership.

Russians, Chinese, Ukrainians, Indians... There's always someone "dominating" London's property market, says James Bailey as he gears his Belgravia  agency up for full global proficiency.

We all know London needs more homes, but how on earth are we going to build them all without destroying the capital's rich character?