Location: London

There are at least 179 estate agency branches in the City of Westminster alone, with 2,600 vying for business across the capital.

Labour has pledged to abolish non-domicile tax status if it wins the general election next month.

Candy & Candy director Simon Stone has left the hyper-prime firm to set up his own development and asset management business, Stone Real Estate. Sugar Quay, one of Stone's projects

One of the most controversial projects in the capital - the proposed transformation of a massive Royal Mail site in Clerkenwell - has bagged final approval.

Success is all about luck and timing, says our resident doer upper Alan Page, as he rues the wheels of fortune that often deliver neither...

A local Waitrose adds 12% to neighbouring house prices, claims Lloyds, while a handy Sainsbury's is worth an extra 10%. Lidl and Aldi, on the other hand, apparently push prices down by 2% and 3% respectively.

The Green Party has offered up one of the property industry's most-demanded policy changes: a cut to VAT on housing repairs and renovations.

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".