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"As a cooling measure, December’s stamp duty rise for high-value property has succeeded", says Knight Frank in its latest prime London round-up.

The 107,000 international students currently studying in London contribute a whopping £600m in rental income to the capital's lettings market, with some spending up to £1,500 a week on swanky digs…

"The London market is unusually difficult to call at present," says Chestertons, with a post-election "phantom bounce" making forecasting even more tricksy than usual.

A brace of unmod mansions has gone up for sale on Prince of Wales Terrace, right by Kensington Gardens, sporting a cool £17m price tag for the pair.

Boutique resi property and private wealth firm Berkeley Hurrell has strengthened its PCL offering with the hire of Beth Carey as solicitor.

"We need to challenge the monopoly of big house builders," trumpeted superstar architect Richard Rogers at the launch of his flatpack home product.

Finance for small and medium-size housebuilders is becoming a bit easier to come by, says the Federation of Master Buidlers, as more building firms are saying that they'll be building more homes this…

Winkworth has reported a 17% drop in pre-tax profits in its latest set of results, after sales were hit by all that uncertainty around the election.

Sales and lettings agency Lurot Brand has added to its central London network with a shiny new shop front in W11.

Westminster is to launch a public inquiry into the demolition of the Carlton Tavern in Maida Vale by a firm of developers.

"Investors in international residential real estate should combine an understanding of macro metrics and an appreciation of local, shorter term drivers of house prices when making buying decisions," says Savills as…

Giant housebuilder Redrow has "curtailed" its land buying in super-prime areas of London in response to the softening market.