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The sale of the 580,000 square foot Old War Office was formally put to bed yesterday, paving the way for Churchill's former stomping ground to be turned into resi apartments and a luxury hotel.

CBRE has reported a particularly strong few months in the West End market, after tucking away just shy of £60m worth of stock in Q4.

Annual rental value growth in prime central London has fallen to -0.2%, says Knight Frank, the first time the annual rate has pointed downwards since June 2014.

London has held on to the dubious honour of being "the world’s most expensive city to accommodate an employee" for the third year, says Savills, although the firm suggests that both London and second-placed…

London's Golden Postcodes are losing their shine, as both sale and rentals values slip according to the latest analysis by Knight Frank. Sale prices across prime central London dipped by 0.

South Oxfordshire has claimed the title for best rural quality of life in the UK, after only just scraping in the the top ten last year.

The RIBA Future Trends Workload Index bounced back strongly in January 2016, rising to +29 (up from +15 in December 2015), with private housing continuing to be the primary growth area for the profession.

"Uncertainty in financial markets and domestic political concerns have moderated demand in prime central London," says Knight Frank.

Weakened demand has prompted JLL to significantly downgrade its forecasts for central London's resi development market.

An owner looking to combine two London flats into a single unit has been denied a LDC after a planning inspector decided the work would come under the official sec.55 definition of "development".

The sub-£1m home is soon to become a thing of the past in Mayfair and the wider West End.

The Livingstone brothers' London & Regional have devised plans to add 28 luxury apartments at the top of the Park Lane Hilton Tower.