Location: United Kingdom

Big-spending Malaysian investors have backed Ballymore Group to develop three resi projects in London worth a whopping £2.2bn. The Embassy Gardens lobby

House prices across the UK went by an average of 10% in the year to November 2014, says the ONS, down a touch from October's +10.4% after just a 0.2% increase between October and November.

Super-prime developer Finchatton has promoted Jiin Kim-Inoue to the role of Design Director, responsible for "leading and implementing the firm's global design strategy". Jiin Kim-Inoue

City fund managers reckon the value of Royal Mail's portfolio of redundant sorting offices and sites has doubled in under two years. Mount Pleasant sorting office

Chestertons has amped up its Middle Eastern presence with a joint venture with Saudi-based MEDAD Valuation International (part of the Najeeb Abdullatif Alissa Holding Company).

Units at Principal Tower, London's first resi tower to be designed inside and out by Foster + Partners, have been selling like locally-sourced artisan hotcakes.

Council planning teams across the UK are being tooled up with a £1m war chest to stop unruly developers and homeowners in their tracks. Pickles on the job

Kensington & Chelsea council is "reminding" owners of the borough's listed buildings about their responsibilities, sending out a mailshot to all listed homes and launching a new web page .

Home Counties estate agent Waterfords has moved into a new "flagship office" in Fleet after out-growing its old space.

Make, the architecture practice behind projects including St James's Market and Rathbone Square, has appointed its first female board member.

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Another week, another new acquisition by Carter Jonas, this time in the shape of two Cambridge-based property firms.