"Buyers are ready" says Douglas & Gordon as the estate agency reports a 50% year-on-year jump in the number of new applicants, but vendors are playing it very cool, with 33% fewer new instructions in June…

"Many local markets actually have a stronger correlation with a region other than the one in which they are physically located," says Savills' Neal Hudson, as he re-draws the UK property market map.

The rate of house price growth eased up in the immediate aftermath of the General Election, but homeowner's got a little bit more optimistic about rising values, according to the latest from Knight Frank.