Location: East of England
Oliver Burns hires new lead architect
Super-prime developer Oliver Burns has named a new addition to its Hertfordshire-based team, in the form of a new lead architect.
Average rents rise by 2%, but drop in the South East
Average rents across the country rose by 2% in 2013 in "a year of rebalancing as the economy recovers," according to Countrywide's annual lettings index.
House Tales: Prior Park, Bath
Originally intended as both a palatial country house and an advertisement for the quality of the local stone, Prior Park remains one of the country's finest examples of Georgian architecture.
£1.5bn of Section 106 cash “unspent”
A BBC investigation has claimed that £1.5 billion of Section 106 money remains "unspent" by English councils, with a whopping £421m yet to even be allocated to anything.
Town or Country: Downturn has created two distinct markets
"The London influence on the rest of the UK remains weak," says Jackson-Stops & Staff, which has led to two very distinct markets emerging from the economic woes of the last five years.
The Most Expensive Streets in England & Wales 2013
Egerton Crescent in South Kensington has been given the title of "Nation's Most Expensive Address" by Lloyds Bank for the second year running, with an average sale price of £7,369,000.
Prime Suspect: Olig-arch villain jailed after phoney viewings
You didn't happen to show a Kazakh millionaire called "Oleg Duchenko" around any properties in 2013 did you? Chauffeured Bentley, dark glasses, heavy Eastern European accent? No? Phew...
In Their Prime: The Best Period Properties of 2013
2013 was a truly vintage year for vintage property.
Domestic wealth means London prime is “exceeding all expectations” – Savills
Savills' Prime London Index posted a +2.9% rise in Q4, taking annual price growth to 11.
Aggressive expansion sees Countrywide buy two lettings businesses every month in 2013
This is buy-to-let on an industrial scale. Britain's biggest property services group, Countrywide plc, has acquired 28 lettings business throughout 2013, spending £23.
Savills’ Development Director joins Candy & Candy
Savills Director of National Development, Simon Stone, has jumped ship to Candy & Candy.
Classy-fied Advertising: £10.5m penthouse goes on Gumtree
Rummaging around the vintage bikes and "brand new" headphones on bric-a-brac behemoth Gumtree.com, bargain hunters may have been surprised to see a super-prime penthouse lurking in last week's listings.