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Berkeley Group has bought QVC's old offices, Marco Polo House, in Battersea for £105m, outgunning Killian Hurley's Mount Anvil bid for the site, which has planning permission for 456 luxury residential…

Resi developers Alchemi Group has exchanged on the Dept. for Transport's 180,000 sq ft office Great Minster House North in Victoria for a reported £99.9m.

Jones Lang LaSalle's chief Guy Grainger gave a fascinating interview to The Telegraph at the weekend, in which he revealed big plans for the residential side of the business.

How much of this "housing bubble" is actually media-driven, asks Trevor Abrahmsohn... As hip-hop raconteurs Public Enemy advise, "Don't Believe the Hype"

The most expensive residential property to be sold in July was Number Two Holland Park, for £23.3m, according to the latest set of Price Paid stats from the Land Registry.

The golfer's paradise of Wentworth in Surrey is about to welcome a 20,000 square foot addition to the neighbourhood, worth between £20m-£30m.

Jones Lang LaSalle has strengthened its resi capability in the Middle East with the appointment of Will McKintosh as Director.

Reports from the ground suggest that South East Asia's famed appetite for investing in London's property market is showing no signs of waning.

Along with St Paul's Cathedral and Boris Johnson, the iconic towers of Battersea Power Station are one of the capital's most recognisable silhouettes.

The average price of a modest two-bed flat in prime London could hit seven figures by March if things carry on like this.

2013 is turning out to be a pretty good year for the resi development market.