Location: South East

Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward enjoyed 26% more new instruction in March than in the same month last year, as the the firm basked in "the strongest market conditions since before the financial crisis."

Developer Millgate (which merged with Essex-born construction form Countryside earlier this year) has bought the rather magnificent Woolley Hall and Wolley Grange in Berkshire, with plans to convert the…

Capco has revealed it has already shifted 204 of the 237 flats in Phase One of its new Lillie Square scheme, with some buyers coughing up well over £1,800 psf for the 'standard' units.

Which areas of prime central London are top acquisition firms tipping for long term growth potential? Here's The Buying Solution's three current faves... 1. Victoria

The Rockwood Estate - a 360-acre swathe of Surrey including an eleven-bedroom mansion reported to have once been the home of Benazir Bhutto - has been listed for public auction this summer.

The property market is at the vanguard of the UK's wider economic recovery, says Carter Jonas in its Spring Review, with house prices and transaction numbers rising pretty much across the board in England…

Luxury developer Royalton Group has bought the old BBC building on Marylebone High Street, W1, for £75m with plans to convert it into high-end apartments.

John D Wood is bringing its country network to town just in time for the Chelsea Flower Show, hosting a country property exhibition at the Sloane Club in SW3 on 23rd May.

Can a five minute walk really be worth another 50 per cent?

The English countryside could be about to see two new mansions "of national importance" arise from its green folds, so long as someone finds the time and money to actually build them. Windlesham House

The national housing market is 'showing signs of strengthening' says CBRE, as transaction levels maintain 2013's strength (last year saw 1.1 million deals go through;

Prime country houses prices rose, on average, by 1.9% in the first three months of the year, says Knight Frank, taking the annual increase to +4.5%.