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Knight Frank's latest analysis of house price growth around the world has recorded Dubai's first quarterly decline in four years, together with a slowdown across much of Asia.

Run out of last-minute present ideas? The RIBA's just launched a new "supporter scheme", allowing non-professional architecture/design types to get involved with the the Institute for the first time.

The Council of Mortgage Lenders has called on Moray McDonald, head of personal and business banking products at the Royal Bank of Scotland, to take over as Chairman.

Abu Dhabi Financial Group has been named as the buyer of the Met Police's HQ, New Scotland Yard in Victoria. The firm nabbed the 1.

Chelsea-based independent Russell Simpson has been looking up a few stats on the capital's penthouses.

Plans have been submitted to Westminster Council for the conversion of three properties on Cornwall Terrace into one 33,000 square foot uber-pile.

It looks like London's super-rich are opting for to wait and see for the next 12 months, as the very top-end of the rentals market - with six and seven figure annual rents - booms.

Many awards were dished out at last week's Estate Agency of the Year Awards; here's who won what. Overall Winner Pygott & Crone Best Buying Agency Gold: Black Brick Silver: Garrington

Zoopla Property Group has recruited a former Digital Property Group director to the newly-created role of Chief Product Officer.

You can read LCP's excellent analysis of the new SDLT landscape here, and go deep into all the industry reactions here, but here are a few handy at-a-glance overviews from Keats (third graph) and Chestertons…

Agents' Mutual has opened up the final membership tier for OnTheMarket.com, aimed at the cautious and commitment-phobic.

Just a few weeks after strengthening its estate agency business by snapping up Barnes-based Boileaus, Carter Jonas has seriously bolstered its planning offering in the capital with the acquisition of…