Survey finds three in ten deals fall out of bed

86% fall in £10m+ transactions recorded by the Land Registry

Chestertons has reported a 20% drop in the number of exchanges it put through in Q1, along with an 11% rise in the number of fall-throughs, compared with Q4 2014.

Salcombe has topped a rundown of the UK's dearest seaside towns for the second year on the bounce.