Location: Prime Central London

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Christian Candy's CPC Group has reportedly been making some enquiries into the sale of the Hyde Park Barracks site in Knightsbridge.

Harrods Estates is making something of a splash at the moment, what with a new office on the Fulham Road and today's announcement that a "luxury brand specialist" will be joining the team to help with…

Knight Frank has promoted 52 of its staff to Partner level, and another 68 to Associates. New positions come into force on 1st November 2013.

The appetite for prime central London property from the world's wealthy seems insatiable, says James Bailey, and international investors - particularly from China - are getting ever-more sophisticated…