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Savills' latest Residential Property Focus (for Q3 2013) asks whether the mainstream market is in a full-on recovery, or whether its just a temporary reprieve - as happened in 2010.

Soames, the Chelsea-based lettings agency, has been bought by mainstream chain Belvoir as part of a pretty aggressive acquisitions spree that sees the firm make its first foray into the prime London market.

It's been a big week for Northacre's interior design firm, Intarya, winning over £1.5m-worth of work in the shape of two trophy projects in Bayswater and a palace in the Middle East.

If you were developing a building as culturally significant as the former Beatles HQ, you'd be bonkers not to go big on the heritage angle.

Resi land values in prime central London shot up by 4% in Q2, whilst prices across the UK rose by an average of 1.2%, according to Knight Frank today. This means that average UK values have risen by 1.

The newly-toughened-up Part L of the Building Regulations has some very noble aims to tackle climate change by making new-build homes significantly more energy efficient.

The big sign-ups to new-property-portal-in-town Agents' Mutual keep on coming: the Thamesview Group - which operates the likes of Chard, Friend & Falcke, Dexters, Square Mile and Waterview estate agents…

Kensington-based agency Rickman Properties has hired Simon Powley as Assistant Residential Sales Manager. Powley joins the firm after an impressive 18-year stint at mews specialists Lurot Brand.

Knightsbridge and Mayfair are the most expensive parts of London to rent a two-bed flat (avg.

Rightmove is doing pretty well, with big increases showing across the board  in today's Half Yearly Results: The number of advertisers on the portal is up a bit (3.

The National Grid is asking around for thoughts on how/where to spend £500m on hiding pylons and powerlines.

A scheme to turn the former DFID offices at 1 Palace Street SW1 into 78 luxury flats has been approved by Westminster council.