Location: London

The Crown Estate has appointed a new Deputy Head of Urban & Head of Central London.

London Central Portfolio has hired a new property search manager to track down "the best on and off-market properties" in prime central London.

Short term lender West One Loans has reported a pretty big start to the year.

Harrods Estates will be throwing open the doors to its new Kensington base at the end of the month.

New plans have been submitted to turn a grotty Mayfair car park into a 200,000 square foot neo-classical scheme. It's already being tipped to become "London's most exclusive address".

The prime south west London market couldn't look more different than it did a year ago, says buying agent Sara Ransom...

"There has been a sharp rise in estate agents bringing their mistresses to show houses, both for fantasy house shopping and bedroom rendezvous," reports a naughty website, flagging up one Bishops Avenue…

Prime country house prices increased by 0.9% between January and March, says Knight Frank, taking the rate of annual price growth down from December's +3.4% to a more modest +2.

Regent's Park-based independent Aston Chase has boosted its lettings offering by hiring Marie Beirne from TK International.

There's been "a notable slowdown" in top-end rents around the world over the last quarter, says Knight Frank, as the agency's Prime Global Rental Index records its weakest annual growth rate since 2009.

Knight Frank has rejigged its Residential Development department, making a bunch of senior new hires and moving some people around internally as part of a recruitment drive "which will see the department…

The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea has appointed a new Executive Director for Planning and Borough Development to replace the outgoing Jonathan Bore.