Location: London

New research has named Esher in Surrey as the most expensive place to rent a two-bed property outside of the capital.

Some councils in London are turning down nearly two thirds of the planning applications they receive, according to a review of all the proposals submitted over the last 12 months.

Average prices in prime central London have dropped by 8% since Q4 2014, while transaction levels collapsed by 22.

Over 1,200 residential property folks dropped into Grosvenor House last night for the 2015 RESI Awards.

The super-luxe Meier on Rothschild Tower in Tel Aviv has officially joined the world's high-rise apartment scheme elite after racking up a whopping £165m in sales.

Turns out there were some serious buyers around last month after all. One of the biggest deals to ever go down in W11 completed just a few weeks before the General Election, PrimeResi has learned.

With the pre-election stand-off morphing into a post-election face-off, those buyers who are able to move quickly will typically be the ones snaffling up all the best instructions.

It could have been a very different story, but Friday's unexpected result already appears to have triggered a flurry of trophy-level instructions across the country.

Hertfordshire-based developer Heronslea Group has hired a new Sales and Marketing Director from CALA to drive some "significant" expansion plans.

If this stonker in Holland Park goes for anything near its £13m asking price, someone's worked out it will have "earned" its owner around £130 an hour since it last sold back in 2007.

UPDATE: It turns out that Mark Francois' appointment to Housing Mininster was all just a bit of mix-up. Francois' name was mistakenly put up on the DCLG website...

Lady Violet's Downton Abbey digs have come up for sale for £3.95m with Savills.