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Hammersmith and Fulham Council has been praised by estate agency Winkworth for creating a particularly robust property market over the last five years.

Savills has launched a swanky new interactive map of London to help buyers hone in on a particular area, measure it up against its neighbours and see where it's headed price-wise over the next five years.

The Crown Estate's right royal regeneration of St James's is picking up pace, with the launch of the area's latest luxury resi scheme on the impeccably turned-out Jermyn Street. W.A.

It's still inexplicably absent from the Monopoly board, but that doesn't seem to have greatly affected Mayfair's resi market so far this year.

Most of London's property development community will be descending on Berkeley Square for the next two days, as the inaugural London Real Estate Forum gets underway in a massive tent.

Qatar's changing of the top brass - as Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Emir, hands over power to his son, Crown Prince Sheikh Tamim, this Summer - could cause a chunky "Marbella Effect" on the…

Demand for property across London and the South of the UK is at its highest level since 2007, up 20% on the same time last year, according to Hamptons International.

Tea leaves at the ready. What will happen to the property market over the next 12 months is anybody's guess, but some are rather more well informed...

Chesterton Humberts has gone pretty punchy on its predictions for the next few years, forecasting a whopping 40% boost in prime London capital values between now and 2017.

Kay & Co has appointed Matthew Abernethy as Associate Director and Head of Sales at its freshly rebranded Hyde Park branch.

The dreaded fall-through rate is down on this time last year, according to Douglas & Gordon's roundup of last month's activity, but stock remains a concern.

Finchatton has been granted planning permission for a Squire and Partners-designed residential development in Knightsbridge, round the corner from Harrods and The Lansbury.