Location: Midlands
Good Schools Guideprice: The 16.6% premium
The average value of a home within a mile of one the top 50 best performing schools in England is 16.6% higher than average values in the surrounding Local Authority, according to Knight Frank.
MMR plus ‘acute’ conveyancer shortage slowing transactions by up to a month – RICS
We're seeing a return to a 'less volatile' market, according to the monthly collective finger in the air by RICS surveyors.
High Streets of the Rich & Famous: Are these the world’s ‘most notable’ addresses?
Deep in the belly of the world wide web, there's an intriguing site that lists all the properties 'of note' on your street;
‘Prime residential markets have entered the next phase of the housing cycle’
As we enter the next stage of the housing cycle, market wealth is beginning to flow out of London, says Savills' Sophie Chick.
Transaction levels charge as prices carry on up – Land Reg
House prices have risen by 1.7% since June, taking the annual rate of growth in July to +7.2%, according to the latest batch of stats from the Land Registry.
El sueño de la razón produce monstruos: How the Mansion Tax will not lie down and die
We don’t know whether Labour Councillor Claire Reynolds is an aficionado of Goya’s etchings, but her latest proposals could have been inspired by one of his most famous epitaphs, says Anthony Hennessy...
Savills hikes this year’s price growth forecasts
"House price growth has exceeded all expectations over the past year," notes Savills as it significantly boosts its annual forecast for the mainstream market but drops next year's outlook.
Upton Downstairs: Bank Holiday teas, tours, tents & tantrums
"Life at Upton Cressett often resembles a mongrel cross combining the best and worst of Fawlty Towers, Tom Sharpe and To The Manor Born," says William Cash from Shropshire as he opens up his historic…
English Heritage Angels Awards 2014: The Shortlist
The shortlist for the English Heritage Angel Awards has just been released, doffing a baggy cap to the year's most heroic acts of architectural rescue.
Five years of ‘strong but sustainable’ growth for UK house prices ahead – CBRE
"The housing market is now fully in recovery mode,"says CBRE in its latest Regional Land report, as it forecasts strong but sustainable growth over the next five years.
Regional property price confidence overtakes London
Londoners - seemingly for the first time in living memory - are not the most bullish about house prices, reports Zoopla, as confidence that prices will rise over the next six months in the capital slips…
Deloitte’s Brown and Cardin reunited at CBRE
Former Deloitte man Richard Brown has joined CBRE's national planning team as associate director.