Location: United Kingdom

Jessica Simpson is joining Strutt & Parker's independent buying arm Private Property Search from Savills.

Confiscating the piggy banks of notable Russian oligarchs is laughable, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...

96% of mortgages applied for in February were for fixed rate set-ups - a record high proportion - according to stats from independent broker the Mortgage Advice Bureau.

"The old order has gone," proclaims JLL. "Whereas 10 years ago there were 100 cities on the investor’s radar, now there are 300, and over 600 routinely enquired about by corporates.

Carter Jonas has just launched one of Oxfordshire's finest estates onto the market, complete with a suitably Downton Abbey-esque video.

A new development finance provider, catering specifically for developers of top end residences in the most expensive bits of Surrey, has just opened its doors in Leatherhead. Harry Turnball

CALA Group has become one of the UK's top ten housebuilders after snapping up Banner Homes.

Property market cooling measures across Asia are driving a new wave of investors overseas, says Andrew Batt from Singapore.

Demand for luxury stock in London's prime areas continues to surge and developers remain keen to capitalise.

Sharia investment is booming around the world but the UK's 10,000 Muslim millionaires "are still limited in their options," says prime central London property investment house LCP.

London uber-developer Capital & Counties, the property company behind Covent Garden and Earls Court, is launching its first new-build residential development, Lillie Square in Earls Court, on Thursday.

House prices across the UK rose by 0.6% in February, taking the annual rise to 9.4% says Knight Frank (using Nationwide's data). In London, prices rose for the 40th month in a row. February's 0.