Location: South East

Higham House was reputedly visited by Henry VIII, and now features a show-stopping swimming pool complex.

Bidding wars have been breaking out over mansions before they can even reach the market.

London Square reports ‘unprecedented’ demand for viewings at its forthcoming Walton On Thames project, which isn’t due to launch until next month.

Lomond Capital-owned Brand Vaughan has made another acquisition, taking on Brighton Marina agency Palms Properties.

Buying agency Property Vision has recruited Strutt & Parker and UK SIR alumnus Marcus Gondolo-Gordon to cover the Kent and Sussex patch.

Important Jacobean pile is currently run as a wedding and events venue but could be of interest to private resi buyers, say agents.

Ben Gee has left Marsh & Parsons after 13 years to set up his own firm, called Hat and Home, offering a "fresh, modern and energetic" take on estate agency in Berkshire.

Top-end broker-style estate agency Harding Green is offering its agents a stake in the company every time they do a deal.

Surrey estate agency Power Bespoke has partnered with refurb firm Stoke Park Developments to create reports that "illustrate the potential a property might have."

Q4 saw the average prime London property price rise by 3.6%, according to Coutts bank, taking it back to roughly the level seen just before the pandemic struck the UK.

The borrower is a partner in a high-end housebuilder.

Covering some 1,000 acres just north of Fareham, proposals Welborne Garden Village have moved a large step closer to reality.