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The first new development to regenerate the much vaunted Nine Elms area around Battersea Power Station - St James's 802-unit Riverlight scheme - was topped out this morning by none other than Boris Johnson

The West End, traditionally home to Topshop, traders and tourists rather than real people, is swiftly turning into a residential neighbourhood according to the latest from Mayfair specialist Wetherell

One property in particular illustrates how the West End is being transformed back into a super-prime residential address, according to Wetherell's new West End Residential Developments Report.

The Land Registry's historical Price Paid Data, listing over 17 million sale records, is now free for all

Berkeley Group's St James arm has done a deal for 10 acres of White City, buying the site from Marks & Spencer for around £100m.

Prime central London prices have gone up by 3.7% in the first half of this year, with June seeing a 0.4% hop, according to the latest from Knight Frank

Nicholas Leeming, the c0-founder of Propertyfinder, the UK’s first national property portal, has joined Jackson-Stops & Staff as Chairman, taking the helm of the 103-year-old agency's 42 offices.

Electricity pylons are the nation's least favourite property blight, according to a survey by Greene & Co, with 70% of respondents unwilling to buy a home near a pylon

Every one of the top 20 most expensive streets is in London

Nick Boles, the Planning Minister, has made a pretty impassioned plea to a tough crowd, begging the Campaign to Protect Rural England to give him - and some of his policies on housing - a break

Well this went to the brink

Masterpiece London's preview day ended with reports of strong sales and many happy dealers