Location: Prime Central London

Humberts has hired seasoned pro Jeremy Campbell-Harris as its new Head of London Country Houses.

Lodha, one of the world's biggest developers, has rolled out what's thought to be the first Initial Public Offering-style pre-launch for a residential scheme.

A £120k instruction has been causing a bit of a stir this morning, mainly because it's on one of the best roads in all of Knightsbridge. Swanky: Lennox Gardens

West Country-rooted uber designers Smallbone claim to have pioneered the "island" concept so favoured in today's top-end kitchens, and who are we to argue with that.

Prime central London property prices are becoming "more sober" as annual growth has now slowed to just +2% - down from +8.

Edinburgh's market is "still absorbing" the move to LBTT, notes Knight Frank, as prime property prices in the Scottish city nudged up by 0.4% in Q2. Annual growth has now slowed to +3.4% from +5.

Demand for property in prime central London has fallen by 3% since May, claims online estate agency eMoov, with over 60% of boroughs seeing drops of up to 37%.

CBRE Global Investors is apparently selling off an impressive chunk of Soho with full plans for residential development, with an asking price of £35m.

The entire contents of the 45-bedroom 2-8a Rutland Gate - which has been on the market since 2012 with a rumoured asking prices of £300m - are to be auctioned off online in "an unprecedented opportunity."

"Investors in prime central London have reason to be positive this year," says London Central Portfolio, bucking today's trend for gloom-mongery.

Four of the country’s most informed property pundits took turns to assess and analyse the main threats and opportunities facing the UK's residential real estate market at the Economics Research Council’s…

Halifax's annual look at the net worth of a square metre of real estate across the UK has shown RBKC to be tickling £12k per m2.