The Market

It's still only January, but one of the biggest deals of 2016 has been confirmed up in Hampstead Garden Suburb.

There was a "significant increase" in the number of African and UK buyers from abroad in prime central London in Q4 compared to the previous year, says Strutt & Parker.

A comprehensive "Domesday Book" of all the public land in London has been unveiled online.

Galliard has released a fresh batch of units at its major new Canary Wharf scheme, including the pair of "opulent" duplex penthouses.

Multinational agency Engel & Völkers has reported a chunky rise in revenues. 2015's group commission revenues were up 36.4% on 2014's totals and hit 409.8 million euros, a new record for the firm.

"The entire developed property universe" is worth roughly US$217tr, with residential real estate accounting for the lion's share, according to some sums by Savills; that's around 2.

Last week's Council of Mortgage Lenders numbers (reported here) show that gross mortgage lending for the UK is, overall, on the rise.

Transaction volumes and average values took another tumble in London last quarter, particularly - and predictably - in the upper echelons.

23,153 square foot building sits on a 0.195 acre plot at the southern end of Lucan Place

Rooted in (where else but) California, the concept of "home staging" as a standalone discipline has been around since the early 1990s.

Strutt & Parker is reportedly looking to expand its estate agency business in the UK.