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The total value of assets held by the Crown Estate rocketed by 16.1% to hit £11.5 billion in the year to March 2014, with annual profits up 6.7% to £285m.

Developer Landmark Estates has bagged a 20-acre site in Wiltshire with designs on a £7m resi scheme.

Gross bridging lending has shot up by over a third in a year, according to the latest stats from West One. Annual bridging lending now exceeds £2.7bn, while the volume of loans is also up by 13%.

Estate agency Jackson-Stops & Staff has been reporting a surge in demand - specifically from buyers in the new-build and off-plan arena - over the last six weeks.

The government's plans to extend Right to Buy could create a £1.

Weston Homes and Development Securities-owned Cathedral Group are transforming an historic 1.2 acre factory site in Greenwich, into a new £120m, 272 unit residential address.

Ultra-rich types are buying up luxury homes around the world "to further diversify their holdings," according to a new report by Wealth-X and the Sotheby’s International Realty, which also flags up…

The Government's latest stats have put last month's UK resi transaction tally at 98,540.

Berkeley Group's bosses quietly cashed in £25m-worth of shares just before the election, with Tony Pidgley taking home £18.75m. Shares were sold by the two Berkley bosses for £25 a-pop on 28th April;

Galliard Homes, Cain Hoy and ARV Investments have paid over £15m to buy up the half acre "London Octopus" site near the Chiswick Roundabout in Hounslow, with ideas to create a residential-led development.

The Palace Wharf scheme has planning for 22 apartments and five townhouses

The average property for sale on Zoopla is now reduced by 6.05% compared to its original asking price; that's the lowest discount figure since 2010.