Location: London

Prime country house prices nosed up by 0.7% in the third quarter of 2015, taking annual price growth to +2.7%. Annual price growth stands up from +2.

Badger-sympathising rock legend Brian May has reportedly co-founded a campaign to put the kibosh on "destructive" subterranean extensions in central London.

Knight Frank's pre-tax profits soared by 19% to £162m in the year to March's end, with the commercial property division doing nearly all of the heavy lifting.

Investment firm London & Regional Properties is planning "an iconic new cultural quarter for Elephant & Castle" as part of its development of the Skipton House office block.

Non-bank lender Urban Exposure has financed a luxury resi development in Finchley to the tune of £10m.

Zaha Hadid's first resi effort in New York has just hit the sales market and it looks pretty amazing.

Swan Walk, Chelsea £8,950 per week Well before the boys in light and dark blue started taking each other on, another boat race was already drawing crowds of Londoners to the riverbanks each year.

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The prime central London market changed up a gear in September, says Knight Frank, but performance has varied dramatically across town and we're still some way off a full-blown recovery.

Two adjoining properties overlooking Battersea Park with planning permission for conversion into two super-prime mansions have been sold for £8.7m.

A Surrey estate agency has installed a neat gizmo in its high street branch to harvest applicants 24/7.

Stanhope plc is limbering up for the official launch of its mixed-use development of BBC Television Centre in White City, West London.