Location: London

As Humberts sells off its lettings and property management arms, its ex-half Chestertons has been put up for sale - if the price is right.

Peter Wetherell, of the eponymous Mayfair estate agency, has added a rather large feather to his cap this week.

Property values in Edinburgh are now 5.7% higher than they were a year ago, after posting four quarterly rises on the trot.

After three years of hard feuding, plans for an 80-metre wind turbine in Shropshire's heritage heartland have been withdrawn.

The gap between prime regional and prime London house prices may have just peaked, according to Savills.

As Keltbray forges ahead with enabling works at Qatari Diar's Chelsea Barracks site, the developers are holding yet another exhibition to keep the locals informed and, it hopes, on side.

Despite all the headlines and bluster, only 7% of Greater London's properties for sale went overseas in 2013-14, according to Savills' new World in London report.

Marsh & Parsons has recruited Simon Maine-Tucker as Acquisitions Director to its Residential Development & Investment department, and has also hired Rebecca Derbyshire to the New Homes team.

One of prime resi's statistical heavyweights, John D Wood's former Head of Valuation James Wyatt, has set up his own research house to offer independent, reliable indices, reports and valuations.

Hamptons International has acquired Humberts' entire country lettings & property management business.

Russians, Chinese, Ukrainians, Indians... There's always someone "dominating" London's property market, says James Bailey as he gears his Belgravia  agency up for full global proficiency.

We all know London needs more homes, but how on earth are we going to build them all without destroying the capital's rich character?