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"Councils must produce local plans for new homes in their area by 2017 – or the government will ensure those plans are produced for them."

2013's temporary measure allowing unused office space to be converted to residential use has been made a permanent fixture.

Carter Jonas has recruited a new Head of Research from Knight Frank. Darren Yates was formerly a partner at Knight Frank, where he worked as head of global capital markets research.

One of the biggest names in super-prime development has taken the covers off its latest project, a boutique new-build in the middle of Knightsbridge Village.

The average size of a one-bedroom flat in the UK is now 505.

After two public consultations, Greenland Group has submitted its plans to build Western Europe's tallest tower in Canary Wharf.

Knight Frank has slashed its annual price growth forecast for prime central London in 2016 from +4.5% to just +2%.

Investor and developer Merchant Land has started on site at OneTwentyFour, a new boutique resi scheme on Seymour Place in Marylebone.

"The financial strain of buying can be overstated," says Zoopla (if you ignore deposits and purchase fees etc, and bank on interest rates staying low), as the portal informs us that it's cheaper to buy…

RFR, the property consultancy set up in 2009 by ex-City lawyers Sophie and Richard Rogerson, has brought all of its five practice areas under one roof with the launch of a new private office.

Humberts has hired Adam Phelps to head up the firm's Land and New Homes team.

Rocket Investments has lifted the lid on a new scheme in Shoreditch that promises to tower over London's thriving Tech City.