Location: South East

Super-prime London is not as sharply defined as it used to be, says Joe Burns.

PCL estate agency Kay & Co has promoted Joe Le Beau to the role of Sales Manager in its Hyde Park office. Le Beau has been at the firm for four years and will now oversee sales across W2.

Formerly the poor neighbour of Mayfair, Knightsbridge, Belgravia and Chelsea, Marylebone has undergone a seismic transformation over the last few years.

The rate of house price growth eased up in the immediate aftermath of the General Election, but homeowner's got a little bit more optimistic about rising values, according to the latest from Knight Frank.

High-end resi agency Hanover Private Office has hired a new director from Beaney Pearce.

A buyer has apparently just offered £280m for 2-8a Rutland Gate in Knightsbridge.

Kensington Palace Gardens is well ahead of the pack as always, with a current average price of £42,591,972

Started up in 2008 by two of the UK's most experienced buying agents, Middleton Advisors has gone on to become a go-to name for purchasers in need of pro advice.

"We have to move Britain from a low-wage, high-tax, high-welfare society to a higher-wage, lower-tax, lower-welfare economy," said Chancellor George (four times) as he delivered a very Conservative Budget;

The three big policy announcements for the high-value property industry in today's Emergency Budget were a mixed bag.

Nearly half (47%) of new tenancies sorted out by Knight Frank in the Home Counties between April and June were to international tenants, as the firm's latest rental index shows Home Counties rents rising…

There are different forces at work in town and country markets, notes Property Vision's Charlie Ellingworth, but - while politics has certainly shaped the market this year - the post-Election effect…