Location: United Kingdom

Large mortgage specialist Enness Private Clients has done a deal with London property agent Aston Chase.

Songbird Estates, the owner of 69% of Canary Wharf Group, has indicated that up to a third of its new developments will be residential, despite being known as principally commercial titan.

Hamptons International's shiny new Amersham branch, which opened its doors last week, is inviting in the neighbourhood for a launch party complete with strolling jazz band and facepaint.

An independent review of architecture and the built environment has been launched by the Culture and Creative Industries Minister Ed Vaizey today.

Luxury London property developer Londonewcastle has been appointed as development manager on The Third Quarter's latest acquisition on the South Bank.

Is this the perfect West Country manor house?  Midelney Place, Somerset £2,950,000 

Forget hi-falutin adjectives and swathes of superlatives;

James Raynor has been called up to take over as Chief Executive of Grosvenor Fund Management, which has around £5bn under management.

The transformation of 5.5 acres of land by Victoria Station - billed as "the capital's most exciting master-planned mixed use scheme in decades" - looks to be gathering pace.

** UPDATE: The City of London Planning Committee granted full permission for Sugar Quay today **

As the Royal Borough announces new planning guidelines, we asked four of the area's top buying agents for their take on "iceberg houses"... Guy Meacock, Head of London Region, Prime Purchase

The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea has announced planning guidelines to "help limit the size of super-prime residential properties" in a bid to ensure a "balance in property sizes".