Properties

Turns out there were some serious buyers around last month after all. One of the biggest deals to ever go down in W11 completed just a few weeks before the General Election, PrimeResi has learned.

It could have been a very different story, but Friday's unexpected result already appears to have triggered a flurry of trophy-level instructions across the country.

If this stonker in Holland Park goes for anything near its £13m asking price, someone's worked out it will have "earned" its owner around £130 an hour since it last sold back in 2007.

What could have been one of the punchiest asking prices of recent times has actually turned out to be a pretty good deal, considering the restaurant in question is actually Scott's of Mayfair...

Lady Violet's Downton Abbey digs have come up for sale for £3.95m with Savills.

The saga of Mount Pleasant has taken another twist, with murmurs of a High Court challenge being served up by both Islington and Camden Councils. Mount Pleasant sorting office

Cadogan has announced the appointment of Jane Henshaw as Joint Head of Building Surveying, alongside existing Head of Building Nicholas Dutton.

Harrods Estates has reported a surge in West African buyers looking to snap up prime pied-à-terres in London's Mayfair.

Right in the mixer between chichi Primrose Hill and swanky St John's Wood, Avenue Road is lined with some of the capital's most exclusive detached residences;

York Terrace East, Regent's Park, London  £8.75m Available for the first time in 32 whole years, this Grade II listed Crown Estate corker is ripe for a super-prime transformation.

One of the last remaining private mansions on Fifth Avenue is up for grabs for an eye-watering $80m. If it goes for anything over $53m, it'll become the priciest townhouse ever sold in NYC.

Christian Candy-backed short term real estate lender Omni Capital has provided a chunky £55m "holding bridge" in advance of proposed development work on residential premises in super-prime central London.