Location: Midlands
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.
House prices to rise by 8% next year as new instructions “close to stagnating” – RICS
An "acute imbalance between burgeoning buyer demand and sluggish supply" will drive house prices up by 8% in 2014, according to the RICS, as new instructions to estate agents are "close to stagnating".
The Great Divide: House price schism “unbalancing the economy”
Despite pretty universal forecasting that the regions are now playing catch-up with London's runaway property values, "The Great House Price Divide" is bigger than ever and threatens the stability of the…