Location: South West
Billionaires forced to improvise as London runs out of private palaces
It seems another, very different, housing crisis is going on right at the top of the market. And by right at the top, we mean above ultra-prime.
Peak Price Districts: The National Park / AONB house price premium
There is a price premium of up to 93% for properties located within a National Park, and up to 125% for those in an Area of Outstanding National Beauty (AONB) in England and Wales, says Knight Frank.
Salcombe Sails Ahead: UK’s most expensive seaside town posts 69% growth over ten years
Salcombe has topped a rundown of the UK's dearest seaside towns for the second year on the bounce.
Not a new housing minister: Brandon Lewis keeps housing role
UPDATE: It turns out that Mark Francois' appointment to Housing Mininster was all just a bit of mix-up. Francois' name was mistakenly put up on the DCLG website...
Sole Agent: Flat above a fish and chip shop asks £5m
What could have been one of the punchiest asking prices of recent times has actually turned out to be a pretty good deal, considering the restaurant in question is actually Scott's of Mayfair...
Oxford and Cambridge outperform as Londoners capitalise on house price gap
Uncertainty may be ruling the roost in London’s housing market, but it's a different story in other parts of the country, notes top buying agency Garrington.
The Property Rich List: Britain’s real estate billionaires
"Recession? What recession?
Holiday Home Hotspots: England & Wales’ top ten destinations
Cornwall, unsurprisingly, is the UK's holiday home capital, notching up 10,000 leisure residences - that's 6% of all holiday homes in England & Wales.
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Crescent Tense: New plans go in for £500m Regent’s Park scheme
Controversial new proposals have gone for one of Regent's Park's punchiest projects, now potentially involving the demolition of a Grade I listed crescent of stuccoed houses.
New-build Boltons mansion goes for over £50m
A monster deal from last year has just come to light, topping the scales at £51.7m.
Senior reshuffle for Knight Frank’s regional Residential Development department
Knight Frank has rejigged its Residential Development department, making a bunch of senior new hires and moving some people around internally as part of a recruitment drive "which will see the department…
Budget 2015: ‘The sun is starting to shine and we are fixing the roof’
May's looking like a bit of an electoral stalemate according to most of the pollsters, so today's Budget was a splendid chance for the Chancellor to try to put some clear water between the Tories and…