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We all know waterfront positions can command serious premiums, but they can also land unwary buyers and developers in some pretty deep water.

Despite being lumbered with astronomical SDLT and ATED bills, one agency reckons buyers at the top end haven't been beaten into submission just yet.

If you've been on the streets of prime west London recently, you'll know the market is sizzling, with Bayswater, Notting Hill, Westbourne Grove, Holland Park, Ladbroke Grove and Kensington all hotter…

After what you could safely call a pretty successful sales push, only one of Oakmayne's ten Cornwall Terrace uber-projects remains on the market.

It's no longer a case of Prime Vs Non-Prime property markets in London, says Douglas & Gordon's Chairman Michael Hodgson; capital values are riding the same wave, and both are cooking on gas.

This is the busiest Summer in James Bailey's memory, as both sales and lettings markets sizzle in the sunshine. That admin will have to wait 'til Christmas, says the MD of Henry & James.

Minor oligarchs are flocking to some of the nicer bits of Corfu in search of a cut-price Riviera; good luck to 'em, says Alan Page.

China is seen by many as the Great Wealth Reservoir, with vast untapped HNW markets just waiting to buy-up swathes of prime resi property in the UK. But how to effectively reach those Chinese HNWs?

Our landscape design guru Barry Burrows doesn't let red tape get in the way of a cracking creation in Kensington...

Alec Watt on priceless pianos, the beauty of Britart and some tennis-based tomfoolery...

Write off the summer market at your peril. July is the new June, says Julian Amos...

Overseas wealth continues to play a considerable role in shaping the city, says Yolande Barnes in the final part of Savills' World in London report.