Sales

Auction house Allsop raised a chunky £74.8m from its first sale of 2016 (up 38% on last February's £54m), noting a couple of interesting trends in the process.

Halebourne Group has lifted the lid on its forthcoming "ultra-luxe" apartment scheme in gentile Berkshire.

A-list interior designer Tessa Kennedy has put her Mayfair pied-à-terre up for sale.

A super-rare development opportunity has been brought to market in the middle of Buckinghamshire's green belt.

HMRC's seasonally adjusted estimate of the number of residential property transactions dropped by 2.8% between December 2015 and January 2016.

Adelie Estates has bought an eight-unit resi scheme off Banda Property for around £17m.

A right stunner has come up for sale on Kensington's Phillimore Estate.

Developers are offering some pretty interesting sweeteners these days, and this new scheme in Shoreditch is chucking in a free Fiat convertible for the first buyer past the post.

Those coming to market are more qualified, needs based and buying for the longer term, which all makes for a considerably healthier, more balanced marketplace, says Guy Meacock...

The days of prime London acting as a "money making machine" are over for now, according to Cushman & Wakefield, but the outlook is still positive.

New figures have shown 220 estate agency branches opened up in London over the last 12 months, with Westminster leading the charge. After this 8.

An amalgamation of four apartments in Foster + Partners' Albion Riverside scheme in Battersea has hit the market with a £12m price tag.