Location: London

Great works of art should inform the entire design scheme and inspire conversation; think colour, functionality, distance and discovery, says April Russell...

Prices on the Hyde Park Estate (anything in the W2 2 postcode for the purposes of this research) rose by 26.

There was no sign of the big festive feet-up in the sales market last month; quite the opposite in fact, according to RICS' latest UK-wide poll.

The richest 0.003% of the world population (200,000 people) - owns 3% of the world's total real estate value (worth around US$ 5.

Just 12 months after launching, Heaton & Partners has made an "A-List" signing to head-up its new London operation and has added two more big names to its advisory board.

That annual things of beauty parade, Masterpiece London, is limbering up for the fifth time, with over 90% of last year's exhibitors coming back for more.

Plans for a Renzo Piano-designed 27-storey resi tower right next to the Shard are being unveiled today at a public consultation and exhibition.

Originally intended as both a palatial country house and an advertisement for the quality of the local stone, Prior Park remains one of the country's finest examples of Georgian architecture.

If a junta flaps its warheads in China... What happens to London's house prices?

The average property price in prime central London breached £1.5m in 2013, hitting £1,543,102 at the end of November after "robust" but "unremarkable" annual growth of 12.

PCL agency W.A.Ellis has reported a beefy 50% leap in the number of tenancies it agreed last year (compared to 2012), although rents only increased by 2.8% overall (0.4% less than than in 2012).

Homeowners are, apparently, even more bullish about house prices than most property "experts", forecasting a 7.