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With rental values rising across the country, property investor appetite among landlords is unsurprisingly growing, with one in five landlords having added additional residential property assets to their portfolios during 2011, according to the latest Young Index report of Private Rented Sector.

The report says that investor activity was driven by strong positive expectations for both capital growth and income returns for the year ahead.

Housing provider Family Mosaic has announced that it will launch new homes development, Central Park, in April, as part of a major regeneration project in Lewisham.

The new homes provider says that all new build apartments at Central Park, located in in close proximity to neighbouring Blackheath and Greenwich, will be completed to the highest specification and will include an integrated oven, hob, extractor fan, fridge freezer and washing machine.

Still celebrating its recent success at the London Planning Awards, where it won the accolade Best New Place to Live, Highbury Gardens is now offering 39 new affordable homes for sale to homebuyers in the capital.

The second phase of the new Kingsland Wharves development on the edge of the City, on the banks of the historic Kingsland Basin on the Regent's Canal, N1, has been launched.

The new phase of new homes, called Canal Wharf, was officially unveiled on Saturday 28 January, and will feature a collection of one- and two-bedroom units.

The majority of the apartments at Canal Wharf are waterfront facing and offer views over the Kingsland Basin, which was originally built in 1822.

Despite a severe shortage of affordable homes in London, construction activity in the affordable housing sector in the capital is expected to fall, once the Olympics development is over, according to a new report from Drivers Jonas Deloitte.

Housebuilders will develop 10 luxury new homes in Blackfriars, London, as part of a major mixed-use development near Blackfriars Bridge.

The new build apartments will be built adjacent to a new £70m mixed-use tower block which will be developed near Blackfriars Bridge.

Local families have moved in to 10 new homes in Newham on an intermediate rental basis thanks to East Thames.

Building working on the next phase of new homes on the Greenwich Peninsula will get underway in the autumn, it has been announced.

Up to 500 new homes, including a large proportion of affordable homes will be built in New Southgate, situated in the London Borough of Enfield, after a £100m deal was struck between Enfield Council, Grant Prior Mulalley and One Housing Group.<

Launching in North West London this month, new development Pulse brings affordable living to Colindale with a selection of contemporary two- and three-bedroom apartments.