London is driving the trend with 16% more homes for sale in the capital than at this time last year.

From an ornate Italian-style townhouse, in the heart of London’s fashionable ‘artistic quarter’, to a country retreat in Dorset where every room is its own gallery ...

The average asking price for a property in Britain is 0.1% lower than a year ago, according to the latest data from property listing site Rightmove. The typical property is now being listed at ...