Location: South East

This Saturday - the middle one in May - is the best day of the year to sell a house, according to Carter Jonas.

The UK's Eastern Region looks to be in bullish form after a marked increase in planning applications, new developments, transaction volumes, town and country house prices and mortgage approvals.

Zoopla has gotten involved in the Twitter-list game, unveiling a list of the 100 most influential estate agents on Twitter.

The Grade I listed Hartwell House in Buckinghamshire plays host to this year's G7 Summit of global economic leaders.

Making sense of Westminster's mercurial micro-markets, Martin Bikhit analyses the fortunes of Tony Blair's illustrious stomping ground - the Hyde Park Estate and Connaught Village...

Areas in seventeen local authorities - including vast swathes of central London - have been exempted from new rights that make it easier to convert offices into resi, due to "exceptional economic circumstances".

As a batch of fast-tracked projects promise to expand the capital's "Magic Circle" into new territories, Tom Hudson takes stock of the current commuter conundrum...

Delving deep into the history of one of Cheshire's grandest private estates, Nicholas Kingsley shares more of his enthralling research into Britain's great landowning families...

The Buying Solution has bolstered its Home Counties team by appointing the excellently-named Freddie Mack to cover the key areas of Guildford, Haslemere and Farnham. Freddie Mack

Arguably Britain's most beautiful country house, the Grade I listed Tyringham Hall, is being offered for sale through Savills Country Department with an £18 million guide price.

Investment partners Topland Group and Urban Exposure have acquired a cracking 3.4 acre site on the Wentworth Estate in Surrey.

Roles may have changed a bit, but Mayfair specialist estate agent Wetherell has worked out that there are more domestic staff in the area now than during the Georgian and Victorian eras.