Location: Midlands
Happy Place: More signs of high homeowner confidence
Countrywide's latest YouGov sentiment survey comes to a very similar conclusion to Knight Frank's version released last week: we're all pretty positive about house prices.
Homeowner hopes hit another record high
Knight Frank's latest Future House Price Sentiment Index has hit a brand new high, with homeowners expecting prices to rise at the fastest rate since 2009, when the index started, and households in every…
Price rises spread beyond the commuter zone
The much-touted "ripple effect" looks to be well and truly underway in the south of England, with Savills recording a 1.5% uplift in average prime regional values in the three months to December.
Bristol Fashion: Urban surge to change the face of the South West
Bristol will see a sea-change over the next two years as its city-centre population balloons, according to Jones Lang LaSalle.
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.
Planning nod for Mayfair mega-basement
Mobile phone mogul John Caudwell has been given the green light to start digging out the basement to end all basements in Mayfair.
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.
Property market confidence hits four-year high
Homeowners are, apparently, even more bullish about house prices than most property "experts", forecasting a 7.
Savills launches interactive prime property price map
Savills has launched a new interactive property price map of the UK by pointing out that house prices rose, on average, by 7% in 2013.
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.
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.