Location: United Kingdom

The new Director at Russell Simpson, one of prime central London's best-known independent estate agencies, explains why he's got such high hopes for the business his father started 35 years ago...

Great James Street, Bloomsbury  £7.6m We're after a pair of Georgian houses; listed and with lots of potential. In Bloomsbury. And they have to be next to each other. Budget's tight. G

A major new luxury resi scheme in SW London will be paraded in front of UAE investors next week.

In the wake of Tony Pidgley's widely-reported comments this week, prime central London estate agency W.A.Ellis has quite rightly questioned what constitutes a 'normal' market.

A brutalist landmark in Vauxhall, SW London, has reportedly been sold for £90m to make way for a £600m luxury resi scheme. Once

A rise in the number of "affordable" Scottish estates - around the £1m mark - could herald a new generation of estate owners, claims Scottish agency CKD Galbraith.

Grosvenor has apparently handed a 'wide-ranging' brief to PR consultancy Headland.

Law firm Taylor Wessing has made two new partner hires to its Private Client practice in London, including a new Head of Resi Property.

London Central Portfolio is eyeing up the pre-election market slowdown with glee

Savills has bolstered its building and project consultancy team with the appointment of former CBRE man Andrew D Thompson.

Construction firm Bouygues UK has landed a £14.4m contract to transform the former Hempel Hotel in Bayswater into its new guise as a luxury apartment scheme. JV

Berkeley Homes has launched a new phase of its "landmark" Goodman's Field development in Aldgate in the heart of finance-town