Double Up: Agents Mutual to launch in January 2015

July saw the steepest rise in in resi building activity since November 2003, according to the latest Markit/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index.

Forget basements, bifolds and egg-shaped baths, it's all about party barns, cabanas and plunge pools for 2014's buyers.

When your clients say they're disappearing off somewhere for a few weeks, they don't mean France any more. These days, the uber-wealthy prefer something a little more 'off the beaten track'.