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The Government has announced a new long-term partnership between government and the construction industry that aims to lay foundations for a greener go-getting and global Great British construction economy…

Fears of a Labour win in 2015's General Election, and the subsequent likelihood of a mansion tax being installed, are already putting off some super-rich foreign buyers, according to W.A.Ellis.

The sealed bid is making a comeback in London as a "severe shortage of homes" drives bidding frenzies for family homes and Zone One one-beds, according to Cluttons.

It's all change at the helm of the good ship RICS. Following the March elections, the institution has inaugurated a new presidential team, with Michael Newey succeeding Alan Collett as President.

Average property prices in prime central London hurtled through the £1.5m barrier in May, according new research by London Central Portfolio.

Gladrags and wallets at the ready: It's the Masterpiece Midsummer Party in support of Marie Curie Cancer Care tonight (2nd July).

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.

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.

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.