Location: London

Abu Dhabi Financial Group has been named as the buyer of the Met Police's HQ, New Scotland Yard in Victoria. The firm nabbed the 1.

The former salon, workshop and home of Royal Milliner Simone Mirman has just come up for sale, sporting a £14.5m price tag. Few addresses in London can claim finer fashion creds.

Mayfair-based buying agency Black Brick has hired a new business consultant to develop its network across Asia. Grace Ding

Knight Frank's latest analysis of house price growth around the world has recorded Dubai's first quarterly decline in four years, together with a slowdown across much of Asia.

Chelsea-based independent Russell Simpson has been looking up a few stats on the capital's penthouses.

Plans have been submitted to Westminster Council for the conversion of three properties on Cornwall Terrace into one 33,000 square foot uber-pile.

It looks like London's super-rich are opting for to wait and see for the next 12 months, as the very top-end of the rentals market - with six and seven figure annual rents - booms.

The design bar is being raised in private spas and "wellness areas" says Lawson Robb's Alix Lawson, as plunge pools and steam rooms are lifted out of the basement and into the light.

Many awards were dished out at last week's Estate Agency of the Year Awards; here's who won what. Overall Winner Pygott & Crone Best Buying Agency Gold: Black Brick Silver: Garrington

London-based buying agency Black Brick is tipping Maida Vale as the investment hotspot to watch next year, although Marylebone should remain the go-to option for discerning owner-occupiers...

Just a few weeks after strengthening its estate agency business by snapping up Barnes-based Boileaus, Carter Jonas has seriously bolstered its planning offering in the capital with the acquisition of…

Westminster Council has agreed to luxury property developer Dukelease's proposed conversion of Eggington House, 25-28 Buckingham Gate.