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The MOD's Old War Office building in Whitehall is now surplus to requirements, and is being put up for sale for "more than £100m".

Green developer Igloo has been given the thumbs up by planners for a new £10m mixed-use scheme in Barnsbury, North London.

Following Savills' big move to Margaret Street earlier this year, another major agency has just announced a new Central London HQ.

The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has published a series of visualisations of HS2's construction and operational impact on the rail link route's surrounding countryside.

Asking prices across the market have dropped for the first time this year, according to the latest from Rightmove. Month-on-month asking prices are down by 1.

Galliard Homes has acquired 35 Old Queen Street, W1 - the former European Council of Foreign Relations building - for £21.

Camden Council sounds pretty fed up with the number of unoccupied properties on its patch, and has asked for additional powers to clamp down on "Buy to Leave" investments.

Knight Frank has drawn a map of Britain's housing wealth. The results are not surprising: 27% of Britain's gross housing wealth is in London, and 17% in the rest of the South-East. The South-West has 9%.

Bowmark Capital, who invested in lettings agency Leaders in 2010, is looking to buy mainstream estate agent Romans for around £50m, according to reports on Sky News today.

One of Kensington's most anticipated new schemes has just moved a step closer to construction.

"The mood music in the UK has become much more upbeat in recent months," says Gráinne Gilmore in Knight Frank's latest residential market report. Average house prices rose by 0.

830 of the capital's finest buildings will welcome in the public on the 21st and 22nd September as part of Open House London, with ballots now open for visits to four particularly premium sites: 10 Downing…