The Market

Prime London property prices dropped in a touch in the first three months of 2015 , says Savills, continuing an adjustment that saw prices fall by 2.

The 7th May cannot come soon enough, says Will Hollest, as pre-election uncertainty is driving buyers at the top-end of the property market to hunker down and wait for a result, any result.

One of London's top property consultants has been lifting the lid on his dealings with super-rich Russian buyers in the capital, some of whom can apparently be as young as sixteen years of age.

There are a lot of property statistics and indices to choose from, but are any of them actually reliable indicators of market performance?

The Government has announced new measures to ensure the buyers and owners of leasehold properties "get a fair deal" after a recent study raised concerns over poor levels of service.

Cluttons, which already operates in over 50 countries worldwide, has just launched a new office on the Costa Del Sol in Spain. This Marbella villa is being marketed for €850k

It's been claimed that a number of MPs could make "hundreds of thousands of pounds in profit" from the sale of their second homes.

Labour Councillors have called on Westminster Council to allow the general public to pipe up at the weekly Planning Committee meetings.

Marking the first day of Spring and International Day of Happiness, Knight Frank's latest house price sentiment survey shows a blooming of good moods in all regions of the UK during March.

At +7.2%, the Royal Borough now has the slowest annual rate of property price growth of any London Borough, falling well short of top-performing Newham's +23.4%.

"2015 could be the year when the Leeds city centre residential development market re-ignites," says JLL, as works on at least one resi scheme are set to start imminently.

Traditionally on the fringe of respectability, the Earls Court and Barons Court area is "on the verge of an uplift" says Savills (which just opened a new office there) with major development and investment…