Location: London
In Pictures: Timber triumphs from the 2016 Wood Awards
            It might all sound a bit niche, but the annual Wood Awards are worth checking out for some of the best craftsmanship in the UK, from the architectural to the product-led.
        
    House price growth ‘runs out of steam’ – RICS
            Residential property price inflation stumbled in July to its lowest ebb in three years, and surveyors' near-time expectations have taken a gloomy turn, says the Royal Institute of Charted Surveyors.
        
    Brace of new recruits at Rokstone
            David McGuinness joins the firm as lead valuer         
    Fortwell brings on two new senior players to the development finance team
            High-value short-term real estate lender Fortwell Capital has created and filled a new Head of Development Finance role, and recruited a new Senior Analyst to the development finance team.
        
    We have seen ‘the most turbulent changes to the Prime Central London market since 1991’
            A "notably quiet" Q2 in prime central London belies some significant property market movements over the last 18-or-so months, says JLL, with December 2014's stamp duty changes heralding a period of much…        
    Derbyshire elected as next RIBA President
            Chair of HTA Design LLP         
    PCL development land values slide back to 2014’s level
            The value of development land in prime central London has tumbled by 9.4% on the year, sliding back to levels last seen in the Summer of 2014.
Q2's quite dramatic -6.        
    Resi revenues jump for Savills, but profits dip by 3%
            "It is not possible to obtain a clear read on the direction of activity" so soon after the Brexit vote, says Savills' chief Jeremy Helsby in the firm's half-yearly update to investors, as resi deal numbers…        
    Super-rare Barbican penthouse hits the market
            One of only nine "true" penthouses in the iconic Barbican Estate has come up for sale, and it's being billed as "probably one of the most sought after penthouses in London".
        
    Crown Estate names new Chairman
            Centerview Partners chief Robin Budenberg takes the hotseat         
    Duke of Westminster, Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, dies aged 64
            Duke of Westminster, Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor (1951 - 2016)         
    Will leaving the EU cut regulation for landlords?
            Cutting ties with Europe represents a huge shift for the Private Rented Sector