Location: United Kingdom

The high-end arm of housebuilder Barratt has lifted the lid on a clutch of penthouses in Westminster, billed as "the most luxurious homes it has delivered to date".

The Pollen Estate, which owns quite the chunk of prime retail Mayfair including Savile Row and Bond Street, has named David Shaw - head of The Crown Estate’s Regent Street portfolio - as its new Chairman.

Directed and produced by Dan Reed, whose previous work includes hard-hitting documentaries like The Paedophile Hunter and Terror In The Mall

Prime properties in London saw their values tick upwards by an average of 1.6% over the last three months, but they're still 0.7% below where they were at this point in 2014.

Housing Minister Brandon Lewis has promised to hand out £100m to small builders (who deliver 10-100 units a year) to "recognise and support their important role in keeping the country building."

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…

Investment and development outfit MHA Associates has bagged a trio of stucco-fronted townhouses on Inverness Terrace.

A swanky new scheme has just been unveiled on the formerly-forgotten-about eastern section of Oxford Street.

Strutt & Parker has acquired two-branch Buckinghamshire estate agency Roberts Newby.

Five of London's biggest property owners have formed "a unique collaboration" to promote green infrastructure in the capital.

There's a palpable sense of positivity in the high-value property industry about this week's "Blue Budget." Well, more so than usual for a Budget week.

CBRE has been ploughing more investment into its burgeoning resi business; the firm has significantly strengthened its lettings capability in the capital with a raft of new hires. James Thornett