Location: Prime Central London

Prices on the Hyde Park Estate (anything in the W2 2 postcode for the purposes of this research) rose by 26.

There was no sign of the big festive feet-up in the sales market last month; quite the opposite in fact, according to RICS' latest UK-wide poll.

Great works of art should inform the entire design scheme and inspire conversation; think colour, functionality, distance and discovery, says April Russell...

Just 12 months after launching, Heaton & Partners has made an "A-List" signing to head-up its new London operation and has added two more big names to its advisory board.

Originally intended as both a palatial country house and an advertisement for the quality of the local stone, Prior Park remains one of the country's finest examples of Georgian architecture.

The average property price in prime central London breached £1.5m in 2013, hitting £1,543,102 at the end of November after "robust" but "unremarkable" annual growth of 12.

PCL agency W.A.Ellis has reported a beefy 50% leap in the number of tenancies it agreed last year (compared to 2012), although rents only increased by 2.8% overall (0.4% less than than in 2012).

That annual things of beauty parade, Masterpiece London, is limbering up for the fifth time, with over 90% of last year's exhibitors coming back for more.

Demand is outstripping supply by a factor of ten, as an average of 9.7 buyers chased each property for sale in November, according to Countrywide. That's up from 8.

Douglas & Gordon's Ed Mead is taking on a new role as Executive Director of the agency. Mead. D&G front man, FRICS, PrimeResi contributor

If you are going to take the plunge and include a spa in your new scheme, make sure you thoroughly understand the target audience and do it properly, says Sheila McCusker... A recent project in Belgravia

Forming part of the "Brits Who Built the Modern World" season, this newish display at the V&A - the first part of a major exhibition organised by the Royal Institute of British Architects - is well worth…