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One of Scotland's richest men has reportedly launched a £20k civil action over his new curtains, brilliantly claiming that they 'fell short' of the standards promised by his interior designer firm.

Thanks to an exclusive partnership with Christie's, Strutt & Parker has some serious cultural credentials these days.

Labour's Zero-Based Review of spending – "a root and branch review of every pound the government spends from the bottom up" – has thrown up the chance of some major trophy development opportunities hitting…

"The Russians are back" in London and there's some "serious interest" from mainland Chinese buyers says Knight Frank, as it reports a 92% increase in the number of super-prime £10m+ deals compared to…

As median home prices across the US finally return to the kind of levels last seen in 2004, sales of New York's multimillion dollar resi properties have rocketed.

An agreement between privately-owned developer Galliard Homes and new US private investment firm Cain Hoy Enterprises is set to create London's largest house builder, with a £3.4bn portfolio.

The British Institute of Interior Design (BIID) has moved its main office from the Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour to Bonhill Street, between Clerkenwell and Shoreditch. The new address is:

CBRE has reported 60% spike in sales in Q3 this year compared to last in Midtown - twixt Mayfair and the City - as buyers look beyond Mayfair and Knightsbridge.

Some interesting - if unsurprising - insights into how homeowners source and sell properties from Peter Knight's Property Academy / 4i newsletter...

Fifth Capital London has reportedly landed a two-acre swathe of Battersea with designs on a £200m resi scheme.

Homeowners still tend to think that the value of their property is on the up, although "there is a clear shift towards a more moderate view of current and future price growth potential," says Knight Frank.

It looks like the King's Road option, rather than the World's End, is the front-runner for the location of a new Crossrail 2 station in Chelsea.