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Westminster Council has finally given Lodha Group its blessing to convert the Canadian High Commission in Mayfair into 41 top-end apartments.

The revolution - in the property industry at least - is being televised.

Bridging specialist Dragnofly Property Finance has recruited a new Head of Residential Development.

Britain's biggest independent broker Mortgage Advice Bureau has floated on the AIM this morning, with full trading due to kick off on the 14th.

The focus of the capital's property market has shifted "from bubbles to cooling conditions," says multi-family office Hanover, as more vendors cut asking prices and price growth shifts from astronomical…

Independent buying outfit Watership Property has hired former Savills Associate Tania Thompson to cover the key Cotswolds and Oxfordshire patch.

Gary Linton has managed to turn a grotty drinking establishment on the Fulham Road into a boutique apartment scheme that's selling like proverbial hotcakes.

Nowhere is the construction skills shortage being felt more keenly than in London's prime resi sector. Build costs are rising, projects are stalling and in some cases, not even starting.

Super-prime projects on Bishopswood Road

Weston Homes has scored listed building approval for its "most ambitious scheme" yet: turning a quite magnificent Jacobean mansion in Kent into 36 apartments.

Next year will mirror this year's market, says Winkworth, with May's election as the pivot point between a quiet first half and a following rally.

RBKC's Planning Enforcement Team has been out in force in 2014, issuing an unprecedented number of notices on developments right across the borough.