Location: South East

Opening a historic home to the public is no tea party, discovers William Cash as he gets into hot water with the W.I. during a Wodehouse-worthy episode at Upton Cressett.

Jones Lang LaSalle has strengthened its central London-based Resi Valuation team with a series of key promotions.

Sir Laurie Magnus, an old Etonian investment banker, has been appointed Chairman of English Heritage by Culture Secretary Maria Miller.

Online retail behemoth Amazon is getting classy, launching a fine art division with works ranging from a $44 cat portrait up to a $4.85m Norman Rockwell oil on canvas and a Monet for $1.45m.

While rural and semi-rural locations provide the most family-friendly locations, the highest concentrations of families are found in urban areas, says Sophie Chick in Savills' latest Residential Property…

London's wealth is yet to flow out into the regions, says Lucian Cook in the latest Savills Residential Property Focus.

Knightsbridge and Mayfair are the most expensive parts of London to rent a two-bed flat (avg.

The big sign-ups to new-property-portal-in-town Agents' Mutual keep on coming: the Thamesview Group - which operates the likes of Chard, Friend & Falcke, Dexters, Square Mile and Waterview estate agents…

Land Securities has had its 89-unit office-to-resi scheme at 70-88 Oxford Street W1 approved by planners.

We all know waterfront positions can command serious premiums, but they can also land unwary buyers and developers in some pretty deep water.

After what you could safely call a pretty successful sales push, only one of Oakmayne's ten Cornwall Terrace uber-projects remains on the market.

The 'burbs are back to pre-crunch peak prices, according to the latest from Savills, as house prices show signs of a fully-fledged recovery across the UK's regions.