As the London market waits with bated breath for the Chancellor’s late November Budget, Zoe Dare Hall discusses the options with the capital’s leading property experts

Barnbarroch House, Barnbarroch, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland. A country house with views towards Urr Water estuary with two two-bedroom cottages in the grounds. It has period fireplaces and a kitchen

Fairy-tale dwellings

From moated manors to modern woodland homes, East Anglia offers potential buyers serenity and history in equal measure, not to mention easy access to the capital for those who must occasionally leave the countryside behind

More classics are changing hands at UK’s biggest sales – but bidders aren’t prepared to pay as much

A round-up of the latest self-build and home renovation news, products and events.