Location: South West
Prime London prices end the year up 0.5% but Knightsbridge, Belgravia and Mayfair take a tumble
Prime London property prices dipped by -0.8% in Q4, reports Savills, taking the annual movement to +0.5%.
Georgian Group Architectural Awards 2015: The Winners
The restoration of Belmont House in Lyme Regis, where John Fowles wrote The French Lieutenant’s Woman, Quinlan and Francis Terry Architects' remarkable Kilboy (below), and Capability Brown’s landscape…
The six key architectural design trends for homes in 2016
Residential design is going to get bigger, smarter, and more sustainable in 2016, predicts the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) as it lays out findings from its Future Housing Design Trends…
Millionaires’ Rows: The 50 most expensive streets in England & Wales, mapped
All but one of the country's 50 most expensive streets are in the South East of England, says Lloyds Bank
Tales from the Country: ‘The plum among Dorset houses’ and other stellar sales of 2015
Although 2015 may not go down as a vintage year in the country market, a number of extraordinary properties still changed hands behind the scenes.
Ivy Gate makes a move on the USA
James Caan-backed two-and-a-half-year-old West London estate agency Ivy Gate has signed an agreement to open up shop(s) in the United States.
‘One of Devon’s most important and ancient country houses’ goes for £2m
An enormous 16th century pile on the edge of Dartmoor - considered to be one of the south west's finest specimens - has been sold for a reported £2m.
Family home prices are rising seven times faster than the national average
Price growth in family homes is more than seven times the national average in key regional centres, says Jackson-Stops & Staff, after looking at property prices in England’s traditional county towns.
Landmark Bristol mansion goes for record sum
Local businessman stumped up over £2m
Autumn Statement: New higher SDLT rate for buy-to-let and second homes
George Osborne's third pop at the country's finances this year saw housing - or the "crisis of home ownership" - near the top of the bill.
Autumn Statement: Prime property industry reactions
A 3% increase the rate of stamp duty on buy-to-let and second homes, and a chunky pledge of extra funding for new housebuilding have set tongues wagging in the aftermath of the combined Autumn Statement…
The Waitrose Effect: ‘Exciting times’ for Nine Elms as UK’s first sushi supermarket opens at Embassy Gardens
After stunning the capital with plans for the world's first "Sky Pool", Ballymore has pulled another rabbit out of the proverbial hat at Embassy Gardens - a giant Waitrose serving fresh sushi.