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Evening Standard column

Mira Bar-Hillel, Property Correspondent

After hundreds of closures, one post office reopens for business

First local post office to reopen in London following the loss of more than 450 branches in six years is back in business

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Majority of £1 million-plus property sales are in London

Almost 26,500 properties have been sold in London for more than £1 million in the past 15 years, a new study reveals

Threat to the Mayor's cycle hire scheme

High Court challenge to one of Boris Johnson's proposed cycle hire stations could throw the Mayor's flagship scheme into chaos

Lord Rogers sues for £1.7m Chelsea Barracks fees

Architect Lord Rogers is threatening to sue the owners of Chelsea Barracks for nearly £1.7million in allegedly unpaid fees, despite being paid almost £7million for 19 months' work on the site

Battersea Power Station finally set for a facelift

After more than 30 years and numerous abandoned renovation plans, Battersea Power Station may finally be getting its facelift

First-time buyers 'need to earn more than £93,000'

First-time buyers in London will need a salary of more than £93,000 a year to purchase an average-priced property, a study has revealed

We must not forget the courage of Anna Politkovskaya

We are all concerned about freedom of speech and of the press. We journalists fret that libel suits are curtailing our ability to expose corruption and wrongdoing

Tallest tower is set to rise in the east

Boris Johnson has used new planning powers to overturn a local council decision and approve the construction of east London's tallest building.

Mayor rejects City block to save Tower view

Plans for an 18-storey City office block have been rejected by Boris Johnson because he said it would have a detrimental impact on views of the Tower of London.

US embassy plans to be passed today

Plans for a US embassy compound to be built near Vauxhall are set to be given the green light

£50m plan for first US-style Jewish centre

London is to get its first American-style Jewish community centre

Home that took architect 20 years to build is wrecked in fire

Family home of a prominent London architect has been destroyed by a fire

Chelsea Barracks wish list

A list of what residents want to see on the £1billion Chelsea Barracks site will be presented today to developers Qatari Diar by the Chelsea Barracks Action Group.

Repossessed plot of land in heart of Chelsea could sell for £75m

Small plot of disused land could be one of the most expensive pieces of real estate in London

Boris uses new powers to allow tallest tower

Boris Johnson is expected to overrule councillors and give the go-ahead for a skyscraper in order to secure 'thousands' of jobs and £4 million for Crossrail

£3m Institute flats scaled back

The redevelopment of the former Commonwealth Institute in Holland Park is being scaled back after criticism from the council and English Heritage.

The living wall of Islington is dead

Council accused of wasting £100,000 of taxpayers' money after an award-winning 'living wall' died after hi-tech watering system fails

Number of new homes doubles

The number of new homes being built in the capital has risen sharply

Earls Court bid to raze show site for homes hom homes demolition

The owner of the Earls Court exhibition centre is set to clash with planning chiefs over its ambitions to redevelop the site as a residential complex with 10,000 homes

450,000 Londoners unable to move house as mortgage lending dries up

Up to 450,000 London homeowners are now stuck in their properties, unable to move because they cannot get a new mortgage to replace their existing loan

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