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The first dedicated residential development on the Canary Wharf Estate has been given the nod by Tower Hamlets' Strategic Finance Committee.

The formerly flag-heavy Grosvenor Square in Mayfair has been named as the capital's most valuable residential square.

Housing, it seems, will take centre-stage on Wednesday; Chancellor Osborne's announcement of a new Garden City at Ebbsfleet in Kent comes just days before his pre-Election Budget.

Skipton in North Yorkshire,  Newnham in Cambridge, Monmouth in Wales and Falmouth in Cornwall have been named as "The Best Places to Live" in Britain by The Sunday Times.

"There’s a spring in the step of the housing market" as "the country gets moving" trumpets Rightmove on publishing its latest asking price index.

Only George and his minions already know what's actually on the cards for Wednesday's Budget 2014, but our panel of prime property pundits, experts and insiders know what they want (and don't want) to…

Buying a house in France is one thing, says Alan Page; owning it under Monsieur Hollande's regime is quite another. Which means that Riviera brokers' books are bulging with unsold second homes;

Resi developer London Square has completed on a 0.9-acre site in the middle of Teddington, which it plans to turn into a £30m classic London square.

Nicky Richmond hears talk of silly money and perfect storms on her last night in Cannes... As ever, the flight home is very quiet.

Yes there's been a red double-decker trundling up and down the Croisette since Tuesday, but nothing says UK property like a nice cup of tea.

Another round of restaurants and stories for Nicky Richmond in Cannes... The woman on the next table, rather the worse for wear, started up a conversation in broken English with my dinner guests.

Could the UK's property market be affected by the proposed sanctions on Russia? Let's not get hysterical, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...