Location: Midlands

September was a record month for activity, notes Countrywide

"The increase in the number of properties up for sale should not be misinterpreted as a glut of unsold property" - Rightmove

House prices continue to rise while new instructions remain scarce

Glorious Tudor pile in Shropshire restored as a family estate after 25 years of neglect

Debut presence in the 'UK’s key infrastructure hub'

552 £1m+ sales lodged with the Land Registry across England & Wales in August; 297 in London

High street giant spent millions on hybrid agency EweMove last week

8% of rental properties went for over asking in August, the lowest proportion since 2011

Surveyors are a bit more confident than they were in the immediate Brexit-vote aftermath

This stonking Grade II mansion has been listed with planning for a return to a single residence

Regional cities in the North of England and Scotland are set to outpace London and former "engines of growth" in the South