Location: Midlands
Offshore companies have bought-up £150bn of UK property in the last 15 years
            Over £150bn-worth of UK property has been bought-up by offshore firms since 1999, according to new research by The Sunday Times.        
    Trading Places: UK landlords holding onto properties for 5 years longer post-recession
            On average, UK landlords currently trade their properties every 17 years, compared to every 14 years for homeowners, according to some interesting new findings from the country's biggest estate agency.
        
    Rising interest rates and a slowing global economy top property market risk list
            Rising interest rates are the biggest threat to property price performance in the UK, says Knight Frank, as it charts the biggest risk factors to the market. 
        
    60% of London surveyors believe local property is ‘overpriced to some extent’
            Buyer demand is continuing to rise while supply conditions "continue to tighten," says the RICS in its July Residential Market Survey.        
    Ex-Deverell Smith man launches Midlands recruitment firm
            A top PCL recruitment consultant has decided to tap into the Midlands property market with his new venture.
        
    Earl and Countess’ rescue of Dorset mansion shortlisted for top heritage award
            A Neolithic tomb in Cornwall, a shell grotto on a Georgian estate in Dorset, a Victorian coffin works in Birmingham, a Sheffield steel workshop and a 14th century Norfolk church are just some of the heritage…        
    Regional Champions: Bath, Bristol, Cheltenham and Oxford outperform
            Southern England's prime cities - Bath, Bristol, Cheltenham and Oxford - have been out-performing pretty much every other location, including London, over the last 12 months, as supply stays tight, more…        
    ‘Walled garden’ voted most wanted outdoor feature
            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.        
    1.1% monthly rise pushes house prices over 2007 peak
            A 1.1% increase between May and June gives an annual price increase of 5.        
    ‘Scotland is the real winner’ as northern rises trump southern price performance
            Zoopla's average property price across Britain increased by 2.        
    Knight Frank boosts Central New Homes team
            Knight Frank has ramped up its Central New Homes offering with three senior hires, after a raft of new business wins across the region.
        
    Rutlandgate: Candy’s Omni lends big on Knightsbridge mega-mansion
            What on earth is going on with 2-8a Rutland Gate...
...is the question most property peeps will be asking this morning.