Location: London

The Malins Group has bought a slice of Covent Garden to turn into four high-spec apartments.

Knight Frank has just opened the doors to its new office on Barnes High Street, SW London.

It looks like the King's Road option, rather than the World's End, is the front-runner for the location of a new Crossrail 2 station in Chelsea.

Wilton Street, Belgravia £14.25m

Homeowners still tend to think that the value of their property is on the up, although "there is a clear shift towards a more moderate view of current and future price growth potential," says Knight Frank.

Former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan has gone into bat for property management firm Capital Properties as its Leadership & Development Director.

Primrose Hill drinkers, spooked after the pub landlord applied to build a house in the beer garden, have launched a pre-emptive strike to stop The Albert being converted to residential use.

Derwent London's redevelopment of a former cinema on Queensway has got off to a flyer, with 50% of the units selling within the first two weeks of launch.

Savills has announced plans to open a new office in Aberdeen's West End, offering the full gamut of resi and commercial property services.

Less than 6% of homes approved through Permitted Development Rights in major London schemes of 20 units or more have actually been delivered, according to some startling new findings.

An application to completely redevelop Ransome's Wharf in Battersea has received the unanimous support of Wandsworth's planners.

Property search agency Stacks has canvassed its senior types to come up with a series of mini-forecasts for next year. Here are some nuggets: