Location: Prime Central London
Classy-fied Advertising: £10.5m penthouse goes on Gumtree
Rummaging around the vintage bikes and "brand new" headphones on bric-a-brac behemoth Gumtree.com, bargain hunters may have been surprised to see a super-prime penthouse lurking in last week's listings.
English Rose partners with Topland on Strand office-to-resi scheme
English Rose Estates, which bought 406-408 Strand for £11.625m back in October, has made the 13-unit scheme into a joint venture with Sol Zakay's Topland Group.
Homeowners’ house price confidence hits five-year high
Homeowners are more positive about house prices now than at any time in the last five years, according to Knight Frank's latest Sentiment Survey.
EG Awards 2013: The Winners
The annual Estates Gazette Awards were dished out at a snazzy do on Park Lane last night, with Jones Lang, British Land, Savills and Berkeley walking off with the top resi gongs.
Village Means: The life and prices of London’s traditional villages
Despite a fairly constant torrent of high-rise new-builds, many of London's more village-y enclaves have managed to retain their traditional charms amidst the cranes and curtain walls.
Bills, Bills, Bills: How much does it cost to run a London mansion?
Felix Dennis' overused quote "if it floats, flies or fornicates, always rent it" should really have included something about London mansions, going by Beauchamp Estates' latest research.
Foxtons cracks FTSE 250
32 years after Jon Hunt opened up a two-man office in the then up-and-coming Notting Hill, Foxtons has made it into the FTSE 250.
New appointments at Black Brick
Mayfair-based buying firm Black Brick has just taken on a couple of new recruits, hiring former Foxtons man Jamie Burnhope as buying consultant and Sophie Amasha as property manager.
Jamie Burnhope
Duke of Westminster surrenders property rich list crown
After a good ten years at the top, the Duke of Westminster is no longer the richest investor in UK property.
Prime London settles into the slow lane
UK house prices are now 6.5% up on the year, having risen by 0.6% in November. Prime central London, however, is getting comfortable in the (relatively) slow-lane, with prices rising by just 0.
New Lettings Director for Haus
Haus Properties - the agency founded by former BBC Apprentice finalist Jamie Lester - has strengthened its offering in Chiswick, appointing James Henen-Webber as Lettings Director.
Former Chesterton man makes a splash across the Channel
Graham Downie, the former Director in Charge of Chesterton International in Mayfair, has just been named as the new Chief Executive of French giant Leggett Immobilier.
Leggett & Downie