Location: London

Marsh & Parsons will hit something of a landmark next week when it opens its 25th shop front in the capital.

London isn't the only place where top-end transactions have tanked recently. Although the prices of luxury apartments in Manhattan hit new heights in 2015, the number of $10m+ deals fell by nearly 14%.

Simon Green joins Curzon Street-based sales team

Luxury property developer Consero London has recruited a new Head of Sales for its high-end residences in London and the home counties.

Culture Secretary John Whittingdale has appointed five new commissioners  to the governing body of Historic England.

Jeremy Newsum is to retire from his role as Executive Trustee of the Grosvenor Estate at the end of this year.

Colliers International Group has bought London property agency Hatton Real Estate, which will rebrand immediately, for an undisclosed sum.

An unusual 27-unit project in Chelsea's ultra-exclusive Bolton Conservation Area has brought some "hidden" artists' studios back to life as hi-spec boltholes.

A weary Home Builders Federation has hit back at claims that developers in England are sitting on a record 475,647 green-lit, but unbuilt, new homes.

Savills has taken its tally of branches in the capital up to 36 with the launch of a new offering in W9.

These, according to one firm, are the ten key features that take a property into the ultra-prime league (and help it sell "up to 30% faster").

Countrywide plc, owner of estate agency brands including Hamptons International, Faron Sutaria and John D Wood & Co, has consolidated its head office personnel into one swanky Oxford Street HQ, as Sky…