Location: South West
Countrywide loses agency commission case in Dorset
An estate agent should introduce a buyer to the purchase not just the property, rules Weymouth County Court
Humberts announces radical shift ‘from high street to hubs’
175-year-old agency to ditch traditional high street model in favour of "lounge-style hubs", each covering an entire county and managing clients’ homes and lifestyles
RICS expels Dorset estate agent for ‘the most serious type of cartel behaviour’
Disciplinary Panel's report publishes astonishing details of how six local estate agencies allegedly fixed prices
In Pictures: Galliard & Acorn launch luxury school-to-resi scheme in Bath
JV's ambitious conversion of the historic Hope House site is delivering 58 new apartments and townhouses overlooking the UNESCO-protected city
Stamp duty pushes prices down in Britain’s most expensive seaside towns
Sandbanks and Salcombe are still the UK's highest-value seaside towns, despite price dips in the last 12 months
Green light for plans to turn Earl of Cardigan’s ancestral estate into ‘one of the world’s finest mansions’
'Nationally important' project to restore Wiltshire's Tottenham House as a 90,000 square foot single residence gets the thumbs-up...
Bristol’s property market is ‘reaching middle age’
Bristol 'has undeniably punched above its weight over the last decade', says Savills, but now the South West city is 'ready to relax'
Another seaside hotspot revolts against second home owners
90% of residents in the Cornish fishing town of Mevagissey vote to ban outsiders from buying new-builds
Ex-Savills man launches top-end Cornish property agency with an offline focus
Jonathan Cunliffe's new venture champions private listings and quiet marketing
City & Country secures planning for Gloucestershire prison-to-resi development
Discovery of a C12th castle does not hold up Gloucester gaol-to-resi scheme
Trendwatch: Space for rural enterprise top of the wishlist for country buyers
Room to host festivals, rear specialist breeds or offer boutique accommodation has become the latest "must have" in the estate and farm market...
Five ‘under-the-radar’ hotspots for property price growth
There's still activity in prime markets around the UK, says Savills, but some local hotspots have notably out-performed the regional or national averages in the last five years...