The Market

These are the companies most likely to bring change and innovation to the sector, but how are small and medium-sized developers faring in the current market?

A sprawling mansion on Winchmore Hill's star-studded Broad Walk is going up for auction later this month with a guide price of £5.5m.

Britain's real estate sector is relatively upbeat about short-term prospects, say the British Property Federation and Grosvenor, but the longer-term view is decidedly more iffy.

Monaco-based hyper-prime agency John Taylor is making a move on Switzerland, assigning its first master license and setting up shop in some of the country's most exclusive destinations.

An entire end-of-terrace that hasn't been touched for decades has come up for sale on Knightsbridge's exclusive Emperors Gate.

The number of buying agents working in central London is shrinking as the market toughens up, according to reports.

Carter Jonas has urged potential buy-to-let investors not to let next month's stamp duty hike be the deciding factor in making a purchase.

It's been claimed there were 18,500 "unfair" planning permission rejections in the UK last year, and that this year's figure could be even higher.

Top investment bank Morgan Stanley has gone a step further than JLL's recent forecast downgrade, arguing that high-value new-builds in London are likely to see price drops of up to 20% this year.

BoJo is looking at setting up a "Skyline Commission" to re-examine the planning approach to tall buildings in the capital.

Mayoral candidate Sadiq Kahn has turned his steely gaze to the topic of transparency in the London property market.

Buyers baulking at the prices commanded in the Golden Triangle of Belgravia, Knightsbridge and Mayfair have been offered a few tips for finding value in PCL. First up, says CBRE, don't forget St James's.