Location: United Kingdom

You probably heard something about George Osborne, capital gains tax and overseas buyers yesterday.

Builders are once again taking on more challenging urban sites and strategic land, says Savills in its latest UK Resi Development Land update.

Royal Wharf, a 37-acre site on the Thames, has been sold for around £200m to Singapore-listed developer Oxley Holdings.

Almacantar has reportedly secured a £220m monster-loan from US-based Starwood Property Trust and Starwood European Real Estate Finance for its ambitious Centre Point redevelopment.

Amazon Property has again plumped for ISG to handle its latest project, a £20m scheme to restore three buildings on a Nash-designed terrace overlooking Regent's Park back to full resi use.

Property portal kingpin Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) is upping sticks and moving a good five minute walk down the road from its current base on Union Street in Southwark.

The Battersea Power Station Development Company is throwing open its doors, inviting all and sundry to take a gander at the project's detailed design proposals.

It may have already been dismissed by the Treasury as "pre-Autumn Statement speculation", but the spectre of a capital gains tax on foreign investors has been doing the rounds this morning.

"London’s credentials as a safe haven for investment remain its greatest asset," says Mark Collins in CBRE's Q3 prime London resi market report as sales volumes lift 7% and prices 1.

Century 21 UK, part of the world's biggest resi real estate sales outfit, has opened up a new branch on Buckingham Palace Road in London.

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) has made its first foray into the London property market with a £20m deal to fund the development of Westbourne House on Westbourne Grove, London.

A tasty opportunity on Knightsbridge's Egerton Gardens and a repossessed £5m+ house in prime Marylebone should get the room buzzing nicely at tomorrow's Allsop resi auction.