Location: United Kingdom

A resi investment fund is about to launch on the Alternative Investment Market with plans to build up a central London property portfolio worth £500m.

"There is evidence to suggest that some tenants are renting before making a decision about purchasing property ahead of the election," says Knight Frank, as prime rents in the Home Counties rose by 3.

The New Oxford Street Estate, a cluster of seven freehold buildings fronting London's New Oxford Street, Museum Street and West Central Street, has been snapped up for £15.75m.

Ten Trinity Square, London POA The transformation of this 1923 monolith must rank among the capital's most exciting residential schemes of recent years;

The forthcoming UK general election matters "not a jot" to Hong Kong buyers of London resi, according to industry titan Mark Collins.

Canny online outfit emoov has repurposed the route of this weekend's London Marathon to create a pretty interesting tour of the capital's property market.

There's "resilience in the face of upcoming election uncertainty" amongst homeowners, notes Markit's senior economist.

Law firm King & Wood Mallesons has hired a raft of new partners as it continues to develop its high-end real estate capability in London.

RBKC has made a borough-wide article direction to remove permitted development rights in relation to basements.

One of the most celebrated contemporary properties in west London - a mind-blowing creation by starchitect David Adjaye - has become available for the first time since its construction.

Cornwall, unsurprisingly, is the UK's holiday home capital, notching up 10,000 leisure residences - that's 6% of all holiday homes in England & Wales. Nearly 1.

A seven-acre development site in Dublin's swankiest district has just been brought to market.