Location: Midlands

The humble walled garden has trumped every other type of outside feature in a survey of UK homeowners. The Strutt & Parker poll asked 2000 people to choose their most-wanted outdoor component, and 21.

A 1.1% increase between May and June gives an annual price increase of 5.

Zoopla's average property price across Britain increased by 2.

Knight Frank has ramped up its Central New Homes offering with three senior hires, after a raft of new business wins across the region.

What on earth is going on with 2-8a Rutland Gate... ...is the question most property peeps will be asking this morning.

A hugely important country estate that once belonged to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester has been put up for sale in Warwickshire.

A buyer has apparently just offered £280m for 2-8a Rutland Gate in Knightsbridge.

Kensington Palace Gardens is well ahead of the pack as always, with a current average price of £42,591,972

"We have to move Britain from a low-wage, high-tax, high-welfare society to a higher-wage, lower-tax, lower-welfare economy," said Chancellor George (four times) as he delivered a very Conservative Budget;

There's some right tasty-looking projects due to go under the hammer this month. Pick of the bunch has to be this 11,500 square foot scheme in sought-after Marylebone, listed with a guide price of £7.5m+.

The entire contents of the 45-bedroom 2-8a Rutland Gate - which has been on the market since 2012 with a rumoured asking prices of £300m - are to be auctioned off online in "an unprecedented opportunity."

Halifax's annual look at the net worth of a square metre of real estate across the UK has shown RBKC to be tickling £12k per m2.