Cotswolds top list of “least affordable” places to live

You don't necessarily need to plough major capital investment into an estate to boost its value, advises Savills.

Cornwall, unsurprisingly, is the UK's holiday home capital, notching up 10,000 leisure residences - that's 6% of all holiday homes in England & Wales. Nearly 1.

Property buying agency Prime Purchase is boosting its presence in the Cotswolds, recruiting a local Savills man to its team.