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Property buying agency Prime Purchase is boosting its presence in the Cotswolds, recruiting a local Savills man to its team.

Resi development in the capital remained "vibrant" in Q2, according to new analysis by Cushman & Wakefield, with strong levels of construction starts and sales.

Cushman & Wakefield has done a very good job of summing up how PCL's top areas performed during Q2.

Yesterday, Zoopla Property Group reported that it had clawed a few agents back from OnTheMarket in a return to “more normal historic levels” of agent churn.

"The brakes are firmly on at the more expensive end" of the prime central London property market, says Naomi Heaton of London Central Portfolio, as the fast and slow lanes diverge.

Buyer demand is continuing to rise while supply conditions "continue to tighten," says the RICS in its July Residential Market Survey.

Described as "England's most romantic estate", the achingly beautiful Compton Castle has reportedly just changed hands for around £20m, which would also make it the most expensive property ever sold…

Hertfordshire developer Heronslea Group is hoping to up the luxury stakes in deepest north London with its latest project.

An estimated £50-£100m will be spent on short let serviced apartments in prime central London over the next few weeks, as some of the world's wealthiest descent on the capital for their annual sojourn.

Around 155,000 people moved home in the first half of this year, says Lloyds Bank; that's 9% fewer than in the same period last year, and less than half the number that moved in 2007's boom-time (327,600).

A prime slice of South Audley Street is reportedly being sold off for a cool £80m.

It's one of the key phrases in planning speak, but how do councils decide whether or not a property makes a "positive contribution to the historic and architectural character of a conservation area"?