Location: South West

News of another important branch opening now, with Savills confirming a permanent foray into well-heeled Marylebone.

Everything went at Trelissick House in Cornwall this week, as Bonhams' epic contents sale made £3m on a £1.5m estimate.

After what you could safely call a pretty successful sales push, only one of Oakmayne's ten Cornwall Terrace uber-projects remains on the market.

The snazzily-designed new T-Pylon (which we reported  on last month here) is being rolled out for the first time in the UK, at Hinkley Point in Somerset.

Winkworth has further strengthened its offering outside the capital by joining forces with Devon-based Solo Property Services.

Nick Boles, the Planning Minister, has made a pretty impassioned plea to a tough crowd, begging the Campaign to Protect Rural England to give him - and some of his policies on housing - a break.

David Ruddock has joined Marsh & Parsons as Associate Director and Sales Manager of their new Marylebone office.

Robbie Williams' country pile - one of Wiltshire's finest - is now on sale for £3m less than he paid for it in 2009, having been on-and-off the market since July 2010.

Property tycoon Marcus Cooper is planning to turn seven Regent's Park houses into one of the world's most expensive residences.

Welly never. The Cotswolds are coming to Kensington on 20th June, as John D Wood hosts a Cotswolds Property Exhibition at 140 Kensington Church Street, London W8.

Demand for property across London and the South of the UK is at its highest level since 2007, up 20% on the same time last year, according to Hamptons International.