Location: Prime Central London

PCL agency Kay & Co has been laying on some festive cheer this week by turning its Hyde Park office into a full-on Christmas Grotto.

Curzon Street-based Beauchamp Estates has signed a deal with one of Israel's top property agencies.

Westminster has announced a new Executive Director of Growth, Planning and Housing. Ed Watson, who's been in local government for a good 25 years, will take on the role from January.

Council planners in Holland Park have been coming down hard on appearances in recent months, forcing 12 owners of houses on Royal Crescent alone to get sprucing or face the consequences.

Boutique developer and search agent Banda Property has recruited a new Development Manager "to spearhead ambitious 2016 development pipeline."

Helical Bar has appointed its current Development Director Gerald Kaye as its new Chief Executive after a "thorough selection process".

Flint House on the Rothschild family's Waddesdon estate in Buckinghamshire has been named RIBA House of the Year 2015, picking up the Hiscox-sponsored accolade on a special edition of Channel 4's Grand…

One of the biggest resi development opportunities in SW London has just been snapped up for a cool £158m.

The number of £1m+ London Underground stations has jumped from 11 in 2010 to 58 this year, says Savills.

£9.2bn-worth of property deals - mainly commercial - are reported to have been agreed between the UK and India following Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent visit to Blighty.

George Osborne's third pop at the country's finances this year saw housing - or the "crisis of home ownership" - near the top of the bill.

The value of design in property development is more than just the architecture of the building or the style of the interiors, it’s in the branding of the project as a whole says design guru Lee Barfield.