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This may come as both a shock and a surprise: Waterfront properties are more expensive than inland homes. But how much more? 63%, on average. Lake Como

Scottish house sales are on fire. Q2 figures from Registers of Scotland show an 8.1% increase in sales volumes - that's an extra 1,491 homes being sold - compared to 2012's second quarter.

Winkworth will be continuing its run of new openings with a permanent foray into Greenwich in South East London.

Luxury property developments in Soho have seen the biggest per square foot price gains over the last year compared to other areas in PCL, rising by over 14%, whilst prices in Knightsbridge have risen by…

The DCLG is looking to flog its Planning Portal website.

The line-up for September's RESI 2013 Conference at Celtic Manor has just been announced and there's plenty to get your teeth into if you're planning on going.

Super-prime design firm Casa Forma has launched a property development division, the nattily-named CF London.

Strutt & Parker is reportedly about to embark on a massive media push, following a wholesale review of its creative advertising arrangements.

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.

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.