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The Red House, a contemporary family home in rural Dorset by David Kohn Architects, has been named RIBA House of the Year 2022.

St Ives in Cornwall, Galashiels in Scotland and Woodbridge in Suffolk are the happiest places to live right now, according to Rightmove's annual survey.

Edgeworth Manor near Stroud 'is simply a very magisterial manor that is both composed and confident, which enjoys a great sense of occasion', says Savills.

Set in a secluded spot overlooking the Holy Brook Valley, Rookwoods is 'the ultimate Cotswolds estate to simply escape from it all,' says Savills.

Christian Swaab has returned to Knight Frank as a Partner after ten years, having previously been the firm's Director of International Residential Sales in the Middle East.

Two new homes specialists have moved from Savills to Knight Frank in Cheltenham.

“Frankly in all of my career I have never seen anything quite like Inverdart Boathouse," says Sarah-Jane Bingham-Chick, head of Savills Exeter; "it really is quite magical."

OTM is bankrolling a new TV series narrated by Caroline Quentin.

Knight Frank has recruited a new rural-focused Senior Sales Neg for its Exeter office, hiring Florence Biss from Savills.

Wadbury House near Frome was reworked by the designer behind five-star hangouts Babington House and The Newt.

Winkworth franchisee Chris Baker has acquired Carter Geering estate agents in Crediton.

Chesil Cliff House featured in the 'saddest ever' episode of Grand Designs in 2019.