Location: South East

Kensington-based Banda Property has strengthened its buying team after reporting a surge in demand for off-plan resi. Helical Bar's hotly-tipped Barts Square scheme by Smithfield Market

Despite dropping a touch in Q3, rental values in the Home Counties have increased on an annual basis for the first time since June 2012, says Knight Frank. It's not a big increase: 0.

ITV is apparently looking for new digs, which throws up the rather moorish possibility of its current home, The London Television Studios on 2.

UK nationals have overtaken US tenants as the dominant force in Virginia Water and Wentworth's rental market for the first time in three years, according to stats from local agent Barton Wyatt.

A 5385 square foot end-of-terrace on one of London's most sought-after turnings has just smashed the record for the UK's most expensive online-only listing.

Buckinghamshire law firm BP Collins LLP has boosted its burgeoning property team with the appointment of four new associates.

"The usual October trend" has seen asking prices jump by 2.6% this month, according to Rightmove.

The champagne corks are popping beyond the protest lines at Olympia as the winners of the inaugural MIPIM UK and Estates Gazette Awards are revealed.

Mount Anvil and FABRICA by A2Dominium are launching their first joint venture today;

Capco has made its first foray into the luxury rental market in Covent Garden, with a new scheme on Southampton Street.

The only surviving remnant of the Royal Palace of Esher has become available to rent for £15k a month.

A former County Homesearch operator and a former Fine & Country Director have set up as independent buying agents in West Wales.