Location: Prime Outer London

There were sighs of relief around Chelsea, Mayfair and Hampstead Village yesterday afternoon, as the Chancellor surprised us all by announcing that "there will be no new property taxes" in his Autumn Statement.

Battersea Power Station is "on track to begin construction in the summer and to begin hand over of Phase One to the new owners in 2016,” with residential sales slated to kick-off in Asia in January and…

In the first of who-knows-how-many parts, serial renovator and buying-agent-turned-client Alan Page embarks on a novel scheme to do up property in prime London.

Is it finally going to happen? After many, many years and almost as many non-starting schemes, it looks like Battersea Power Station may actually be developed. And soon.

More agents are joining the ranks predicting a drop-off in price growth next year; the latest - top London-based firm WA Ellis - is tipping a shift to more realistic pricing as the main driver. 

2012's London house price bonanza won't be repeated next year, according to Marsh & Parsons' latest forecasts, but the market won't flatline completely.

One of prime property's newest names, Oracle Capital Group, launched its flagship luxury development in London in partnership with Harrison Varma last night.

Uber-developer Capital & Counties' ambitious plans for the Earls Court & West Kensington Opportunity Area were approved by The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea last night.

Savills have just released their much-anticipated Residential Property Focus 2012 Q4.

A double-header of gloom from Knight Frank's latest house price reports: Liam Bailey and Gráinne Gilmore believe that next year will see the end of prime London's house price boom, and that property…

 In a compelling and thorough new report published by Cluttons, Professor Michael Ball of Reading University's Henley Business School argues that London property prices, and rents in particular, are…

Goldschmidt & Howland are marketing a pretty unique opportunity in Hampstead: a sprawling 60's home set in about an acre of private grounds in the heart of Frognal village, for £15m.