Location: Europe

The ESTAs are over for another year, with the (extensive) shortlist being successfully whittled down to just the best in class(es).

Grosvenor, the privately-owned international property group, has released a sturdy set of results this morning, with increased revenue profits in 2012 up by 8.2% to £87.4m.

Sue Kershaw has joined Grosvenor as Director of Programme Management from the Olympic Delivery Authority, where she was Deputy Director for Transport.

Miami, Lagos and Hong Kong were the star performers of 2012, according to the Lonres International House Price Growth Comparison, each seeing values soar by over 25%.

Demand for luxury international property has risen by 2% in the last 12 months, with demand from economically dodgy countries jumping by up to 10% as investors look for safer havens, according to Luxuryestate.com.

As Lonres releases its Spring Residential Review, William Carrington urges the government to be careful of playing fast and loose with the property industry...

After 17 years, the Chelsea Art Fair has had a bit of a brush up;

Developer Athos Group has appointed LINLEY to design its showcase apartment at Henry Moore Court in Chelsea. The £13.

After an invigorating tour of India, doer upper Alan Page's triumphant London return takes a turn as he risks losing a chunk of the margin on his first SW3 renovation project, and weighs the relative merits…

Despite some laudable aims, will this Budget lead to the demolition of even more of our historic architecture, asks Trevor Abrahmsohn... A neutral budget in these austere times is always welcome.

If you're keeping an eye on ups and downs across the pond, it's worth noting that Herzog & de Meuron's fervently anticipated 56 Leonard - billed as "the most imaginative and architecturally significant…

As George Osborne limbers up for his big day, the prime property industry is agog with anticipation of what may come.