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Price increases were strongest for homes in the £1m to £2.5m bracket. Image:Thinkstock

No slowdown in prime central London market

Prices up 11.9 per cent in last 12 months and 42 per cent since post-Lehman Brothers low, says Knight Frank.

The house price gap between London and the rest of the country is widening.

London house prices detach from rest of country

Prices in North East fall below £100,000 while average home in capital worth £345,000, says Land Registry.

Most predictions were for a rent rise in 2012, particularly in London. Image:Thinkstock

Rents fall at top end of London market

Small fall at end of 2011 set to be followed by further falls in the Spring, says Cluttons.

Knight Frank said price growth over the past year was especially strong in the £1m to £2.5m bracket. Image:Thinkstock

Prime London property prices see 2011 surge

Demand for expensive London property outstrips supply thanks to foreign investors.

Parking on the streets around the tower might be a bit of a nightmare. Images rights owned by Teatum + Teatum.

Sky-high solution to London's housing crisis

Architects propose supertower high enough to touch the clouds and house 100,000 people.

Ken Livingstone and Brian Paddick are both standing against Boris Johnson in a re-run of the last London mayoral election. Image:Allstar

Ken Livingstone promises to tackle rising London rents

Labour mayoral candidate Ken Livingstone has pledged to deal with rising London rents through the establishment of a "London living rent".

London continues to act as a safe haven for property investment. Image:Thinkstock

London sees only price rise in static November

Prices fall everywhere apart from the capital but national picture is no change, says LSL/Acadametrics.

Chelsea has slowly become less bohemian and more investment banker.

London Property Area Guide: Chelsea

Chelsea is part of London's most expensive borough. So is it the right place to invest?

Demand for accommodation is still rising, with new tenant registrations up 15 per cent

Prime London rents slow down at last

Small fall in October after 27 per cent rise in last two years, says Knight Frank.

The median salary for a Londoner is £27,000.

Londoners need £87,000 salary to buy average home

Buyers priced out of London housing market as average price soars to over £400,000, says NHF.

London has bucked the trend of falling house prices

London bucks trend of falling house prices

Northern Ireland sees the biggest fall in house prices in the year to September, says DCLG index.

Central London is one of the most popular regions for investment

Landlords look to boost investment in rented homes

Rising demand and rents and returns of 5 per cent driving renewed interest from investors, says ARLA.

Savills predict that the London property market is to become even more disconnected from the rest of the UK market.

Savills predict static housing market until 2016

The housing market is likely to stay static until 2016, at which point it will only have reached 2002 levels in real terms, say Savills.

Prices in central London are becoming increasingly disconnected from prices in the rest of the country

Investors urged to look at Central London property

Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea beat economic gloom and national trend.

Basements of the super-rich often include underground cinemas

MPs condemn basement conversions from hell

London's super-rich are making life miserable for their neighbours with plans for underground cinemas and swimming pools.

Despite losing top spot London still outscored Moscow on wealth and business environment.

London loses top spot as best for investment

Capital loses out to Moscow in list of best European cities for real estate investment due to economic woes.

Central London's prime property market is becoming increasingly de-coupled from the UK

London prime property dominance to continue

The prime central London property market will continue to grow whilst the UK property market stagnates, say Knight Frank.

Ken Livingstone is facing the man who beat him last time, Boris Johnson, in the 2012 mayoral election.

Livingstone to campaign for private renters

Labour candidate for Mayor of London calls on Londoners to tell him their housing horror stories.

Knightsbridge remains the most expensive area in London judged by size with an average price of £2,007 per square foot.

Top London property sees price divergence

Prices for top 10 per cent of prime central London property up 151 per cent in six years.

More bang for your buck abroad?

Why live in Britain when you could live...

Britain is one of the most expensive places to own a property. What, then, can the average house price in the UK get you across the world?

Harrods exterior shot in Knightsbridge

Knightsbridge parking costs more than average home

An underground parking spot in Knightsbridge can cost more than the average UK property, experts report.

Properties for sale in London

London: £1m properties outnumbering cheap homes

New research has found that there are more homes for sale at £1m or more than those costing under £200,000 in the capital.

Woman sunbathing on decking

London losing its gardens at a rapid rate

Green space in London’s gardens is being lost at a rate equivalent to two-and-a-half Hyde Parks per year, according to a new study.

First-time buyers looking in estate agent window

Boris's First Steps explained to first-time buyers

Find out how the London mayor wants to help first-time buyers, both through shared ownership and rental schemes, at a free event.

Lack of London homes on the market is driving up prices, say estate agents. Image:Thinkstock

Buyers race to snap up Central London homes

Prices are up to 20 per cent higher than in 2007 thanks to a shortage of property for sale and surging demand from home and abroad.

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