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The prime lettings market has "picked up" in the first half of the year, says Savills, as a slow-but-steady economic recovery drives confidence and employment.

The interior designers' show of choice, Decorex, is fast approaching, taking over a third grand venue in three years. The event set up in the Royal Hospital, Chelsea in 2012;

Francois Hollande's government is again under fire for meddling in the housing market, after figures released yesterday revealed that the French construction market is at its lowest ebb for 15 years.

Construction giant Skanska has bagged the prize £88.6m Phase 1 fit-out gig at Battersea Power Station.

New research has shown just how much buyers are prepared to shell out for that sea view.

"The housing market is now fully in recovery mode,"says CBRE in its latest Regional Land report, as it forecasts strong but sustainable growth over the next five years.

A couple of recent reports have flagged up the changing face of London's Midtown rental market: Savills argued here that technology workers are reinventing the corporate lettings landscape, while LCP claimed…

Londoners - seemingly for the first time in living memory - are not the most bullish about house prices, reports Zoopla, as confidence that prices will rise over the next six months in the capital slips…

Alternative lender Dragonfly Property Finance has smashed the £1bn lending target it set itself back in 2009.

Steve Boultbee-Brooks' new venture, Boultbee LDN, has snapped up a rare development site in Marylebone.

Chelsea has been named as London’s most popular prime resi address, outselling all other PCL areas over the last year.

One of London's most infamous addresses - 33 Portland Place - has come up for sale. Davenport at Portland Place (Photographed by Miles Dangerfield)