Location: United Kingdom

Agencies ramp up resi sales and development divisions as regional centres continue to outperform

Livingstone brothers sell off Hammersmith development opp and home of the Michelin-starred River Café

Stock shortage predicted in St George's Hill and Wentworth as development plots fall out of favour with high-end housebuilders

Adam Architecture and Delancey team up on sprawling Grade I listed project near Marlborough

LSL/Acadata December index records double-digit annual price falls in Westminster, Hammersmith & Fulham and Wandsworth, with Kensington & Chelsea not far behind;

'Diamond Collection' asks £18.25m

POTUS refuses to cut ribbon on new $1bn base in "off location" south of the river; rues sale of Mayfair fortress as a "bad deal"

FCO hunts for UK design talent to jazz up tired old embassies around the world

Centre Point developer looking to build a "£4 billion" portfolio in the West End

CLS secures green light for EPR-designed project near Imperial Wharf

Council monitoring 23 sites in Chelsea as part of zero-tolerance "Chelsea Pilot" scheme

Carter Jonas surveys local property markets in: Basingstoke, Bath, Cambridge, Harrogate & Leeds, Marlborough, Newbury, Oxford, Winchester and York.