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A Mayfair buying agency has decided to partner up with a Vastu Shastra specialist after reporting a significant increase in the number of clients of Indian origin looking to buy in London.

House prices increased by 10.4% in the year to October, according to the latest batch of ONS data, although seasonally adjusted prices eased up by just 0.1% between September and October.

One in three properties currently listed on Zoopla have been reduced to some degree, says the portal, with discounts adding up to a grand total of £3.

Regional property/lifestyle publishing group Archant is backing estate agent-owned challenger portal OnTheMarket.

Westminster City Council is pretty worried about all the office-to-resi conversions going on at the moment. So much so that it's in the process of overhauling its policy to "reverse the current trend".

London's prime resi market is now operating "wholly in the shadow" of May's general election, says Knight Frank, with those changes to stamp duty adding to this short term uncertainty to squash demand…

PCL-based independent Henry & James has hired Steve Cook to head up its Belgravia lettings team.

Hamptons International has ramped up its Country Residential Development & Investment, Land & New Homes offering, with the appointment of James Turpin as Senior Land Negotiator.

Joint Winner - Restoration of a Georgian Country House: St Giles, Dorset Two historic estates have shared the big prize at the twelfth Georgian Group Architectural Awards.

The priciest rental apartment in New York City has finally found a tenant.

House prices across England and Wales are going to rise by 4% next year - down from this year's +8.6% - thinks Hamptons International, while prime central London will dribble up by just 0.

The race to buy one of the most iconic buildings in central London is over.