Location: London

Northacre has had its Section 106 for the development of the former Scotland Yard HQ formally approved, just two months after the 1.7 acres scheme was given the go-ahead by Westminster planners.

A chunky two-unit amalgamation on the top floors of St Edward's new scheme on High Street Ken has become available at £12.95m.

Boutique developer SAS Investments has added two new land buyers to the ranks as it gears up to launch a batch of new schemes and a five-year investment vehicle.

British Land has signed itself up as Headline Partner of this year's London Design Festival in September.

As we put a bonkers Q1 behind us, Tim Hassell considers the likely long and short term impacts of the latest SDLT hike on the UK's buy-to-let market...

A neo-classical mansion on Totteridge Common has been sold in one of the biggest deals outside of London so far this year. Guided at £16.

What happened when the boss of CBRE's resi division swapped jobs with an apprentice surveyor for the day?

London estate agency Portico - formed when Edmund Cude acquired Bushells back in 2012 - has bought eight-branch east London firm Spencers.

Global property prices in prime cities increased by 3.

One of Make Architects' Founding Partners has left the business to set up his own "collaborative research-led design studio".

Countrywide plc has recruited Barclays' "Head of Affluent Segment" as the new Managing Director for Hamptons International, marking "an exciting new chapter for the company".

Mortgages for homes over £1m are now at their highest level in ten years, says Hamptons International, as seven-figure properties are "no longer just for the super-wealthy".