Location: South East

A big residential development opportunity has come up for grabs in the middle of Worthing in West Sussex. Union Place is being sold off by Worthing Borough Council and regeneration developer LCR.

Former Taylor Wimpey director Rod Martin has been brought in to establish a new Surrey and Sussex division for the housebuilder.

"The name ‘cottage’ does not do justice to this seven-bedroom mansion," says Harrods Estates.

Jack Graham-Lindsey and Stefano De gaspari are the latest prime agents to make the move to Nick Carter’s Kensington-based freelance operation.

Chichester-based developer Jenny Prager has joined Jennie Hancock Property Acquisitions as a buying agent.

“There’s a supply crunch coming down the line in prime lettings markets this summer," warns Knight Frank, while Savills tells of a "fundamentally undersupplied" market in the Home Counties.

Reliance Industries, owned by Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani, has acquired the James Wyatt-designed Stoke Park in Buckinghamshire.

Sue Ryder is looking to sell off the sprawling Joyce Grove near Henley-on-Thames, which has planning for a 20-unit apartment scheme.

Surrey has a higher percentage of tree coverage than any other part of the country, according to some surprising new analysis.

Savills Henley has been instructed on a Queen Anne-style pile that inspired some of the greatest crime novels of the 20th Century.

Chilham Castle is ‘one of the best houses to have come to the market for decades’, say agents.

It appears that Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan has sold Glympton Park in Oxfordshire to the King of Bahrain.