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Fitzrovia-based developer English Rose has bought the long leasehold on a luxury resi scheme on the Strand. Legal & General Property sold the upper parts of 406-408 Strand for £11.

The Hurlingham Club in Fulham is once again playing host to some of the world's choicest resi real estate, as the Luxury Property Show comes to town for the seventh time.

Carter Jonas has just announced the strategic acquisition of independent estate agency Sullivan Thomas for an undisclosed sum.

It had plenty of build-up, and Lot 60 in Savills' October auction didn't disappoint.

Increasing numbers of developers and private sellers are specifically preparing their properties to attract HNW international buyers.

With savings of up to 85% on offer in some parts of the capital, savvy buyers are taking a second look at spaces on the ground and lower ground floors, says CBRE's Mark Collins...

So Olympia isn't quite as glam as Cannes. And the cycle ride there won't come with quite the same sense of achievement.

89% of homeowners expect property prices to rise over next six months (from 80% in Q2), making this the most positive market for four years, according to the new Zoopla Sentiment Survey.

Grosvenor has bought a 12-acre swathe of Bermondsey and Southwark in South London, on which it plans to build 800 new homes and a business hub.

HNWs are turning to renewable energy systems as a way of powering their country estates and their public profiles, says Oliver Crofton... Energy seems to be the topic of the moment;

Plans for mobile phone mogul John Caudwell's new Mayfair mansion have just gone public;

London's north-south is alive and well - but not in the traditional way, according to new research by Garrington.