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UPDATE: Reports have claimed the mystery buyer is Dalian Wanda boss Wang Jianlin, China's richest man.

Top-end developer Finchatton has given us a sneak peek at its latest international design project - a $24m, 7,775 square foot residence in one of the world's most exclusive resorts.

Newcourt Residential has bagged a rather lovely Victorian mews building just off the iconic Pantiles in Tunbridge Wells. Newcourt MD Karl Elkhadraoui

The founder of high-end removals firm Ward Thomas Removals is planning to undertake a never-before-attempted challenge - crossing The Atlantic Ocean in a pedalo.

Sager Group and Cain Hoy are to launch "one of the most luxurious and exclusive hospitality offerings in London" at their new £400m Islington Square development.

A rather striking new addition to South Kensington has recently launched on Harrington Road.

Britain's first online estate agency to float on the stock market, Purplebricks, did not fly on its first day of trading.

Estate agents in prime London are expecting an influx of wealthy Iranian buyers next year as sanctions in place since the 70s look set to be lifted.

Property management group HML Holdings has snapped up a south east London-based firm for £715k.

John Swinney has followed George Osborne's lead, announcing a 3% increase in the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax rate for additional properties in Scotland, such as buy-to-let and second homes.

There are currently 622,939 "property millionaires" in Britain, according to Zoopla's latest estimate, 75,796 more than there were in January. A 14% rise over the last year now means that 2.

"The news is bleak" says the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) and National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) as it forecasts that home ownership will fall by 7% in the coming decade…