Location: United Kingdom

In the wake of Tony Pidgley's widely-reported comments this week, prime central London estate agency W.A.Ellis has quite rightly questioned what constitutes a 'normal' market.

A brutalist landmark in Vauxhall, SW London, has reportedly been sold for £90m to make way for a £600m luxury resi scheme.

Developers and owners are being invited to enter their schemes into the 2014 Georgian Group Architectural Awards.

Law firm Taylor Wessing has made two new partner hires to its Private Client practice in London, including a new Head of Resi Property.

London Central Portfolio is eyeing up the pre-election market slowdown with glee.

A rise in the number of "affordable" Scottish estates - around the £1m mark - could herald a new generation of estate owners, claims Scottish agency CKD Galbraith.

Grosvenor has apparently handed a 'wide-ranging' brief to PR consultancy Headland.

Savills has bolstered its building and project consultancy team with the appointment of former CBRE man Andrew D Thompson.

Construction firm Bouygues UK has landed a £14.4m contract to transform the former Hempel Hotel in Bayswater into its new guise as a luxury apartment scheme.

Berkeley Homes has launched a new phase of its "landmark" Goodman's Field development in Aldgate in the heart of finance-town.

The Evening Standard's Homes & Property section has launched a new online luxury channel.

RBKC planners have stepped in to stop an unauthorised basement excavation on Stanhope Mews.