Location: United Kingdom

Brett Palos and Antony Alberti's property investment and development outfit Thackeray Estates has recruited former Strutt & Parker prodigy Charles Thompson to help drive some fairly major expansion plans.

Thackeray Estates - Brett Palos and Antony Alberti's development firm that has just hired Strutt & Parker's  Charles Thompson as Commercial Director - has bagged a major planning approval to convert…

It looks like plans to build Britain's first 'floating village' could actually be happening.

"Party pads" tend to be chunky affairs with ballrooms and big kitchens, not 323 sq ft studio flats on the fourth floor.

Another Sweett Director, Colin Bartlett, has joined James Caan’s project and construction consultancy Leadership and Management Limited as Director of mixed-use & resi projects.

Following on from this report on where the UK's fastest-selling property hotspots are, Rightmove has made the London data into a snazzy infographic.

James Nightingall has big plans for the UK's buying industry.

The average British home increased in value by 6.5% (£90 a day) over the first half of 2014, according to Zoopla, but that number hides some hefty regional differences that range from a 2.

The Campaign to Protect Rural England has launched a campaign - #WasteOfSpace - to crowdsource a map of brownfield sites with development potential.

"The frenetic activity seen in some areas during the first half of the year is cooling," says Rightmove as July delivers a "not unexpected" 0.8% drop in asking prices.

Average total returns from the Private Rented Sector have nudged up from 11.3% in Q4 last year to 12.

Independently wealthy foreign students have changed the rental market in prime central London, says London Central Portfolio in its annual lettings audit, as monied students have taken up the slack that…