Auction House reached the milestone figure of 1,750 lots sold in 2014 at the end of August, raising the award-winning group’s results by 13% on last year, and underlining its position as the No. 1 residential property auctioneer in the UK.

Founding Director Roger Lake commented: “These are seriously impressive figures – particularly as demand in the sector slackened over the summer months. After a very hectic first half of the year, some auction buyers took a well-earned rest over the holiday period. The dip was similar to that experienced in the private treaty market, but it is best described

Mila Kunis, the star of Family Guy, Black Swan and Friends with Benefits - who is expecting a baby with boyfriend Ashton Kutcher any day now - has placed her 5,000 square foot Mediterranean-style home up for sale after the couple recently moved in together.

The Los Angeles house, which is located on a private Hollywood Hills cul-de-sac, has five bedrooms and bathrooms, a fireplace, a hot tub, a home cinema with room for eight people, beamed ceilings, an open floor plan, dark hardwood floors and a pool.

Kunis bought the home in 2008 for $2.8 million and is expected to earn at least $1 million

Looking for cheap rent in London? The latest live-in guardian schemes offer rooms from £30 a week to £600 a month in central locations, in exchange for live-in security and are an increasingly popular choice for young renters in London.

Guardians can pay anything from £30 a week to between £350-£600 per calendar month including all bills, depending on the scheme they use. In return they provide live-in security for the building as well as lowering insurance rates and empty rates costs for the landlord. At £400 all in, you might think I’m getting a good deal, but ultimately, are these

Network Auctions has announced its September auction catalogue, the firm’s largest so far this year, which includes lots from all corners of the UK. The September auction will also contain the highest ever number of lots contributed directly by the Network Auctions 50 agent partner network. Highlights of the catalogue so far include Pinner, a prime town centre freehold commercial investment guided at £625,000, a number of vacant freehold public houses and some alternative investment opportunities including lifetime reversions and freehold ground rents. Bidding at a Network Auctions

A vacant residential property opposite the world famous Strawberry Fields Gates is among  the 99 lots going under the hammer at the next Sutton Kersh auction in Liverpool (11th September).

Lower Lee Lodge situated on Beaconsfield Road is a beautfiful 18th century sandstone lodge, which offers views of the Strawberry Fields Gates, immortalised in classic Beatles hit, ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’. The song, penned by John Lennon, was inspired by his memories of playing in the garden of Strawberry Field, a Salvation Army children’s home near to where he lived. The three bedroom property

Liverpool’s new £16million signing from AC Milan has been on the hunt for property since his return, and has reportedly chosen a rural area north of the city as his new base.

The Italian is said to have settled on this £4.7m five bedroom mansion located in Cheshire, complete with all the essentials for a multi-millionaire footballer.

The luxury mansion, christened “Steppingstone”,also boasts a helipad, an indoor spa pool and a seven-a-side football pitch in the front garden.

British house prices barely rose during August, according to Britain's biggest mortgage lender Halifax, adding to other signs of moderation in the housing market.

The average house price rose 0.1pc in August to £186,270, slowing sharply from an increase of 1.2pc in July, the Halifax House Price Index showed.

Between June and August prices rose 3pc when compared to the previous three months, however this quarterly growth was down from 3.5pc last month.

On an annual basis prices rose 9.7pc in the three months to August, but this was down from 10.2pc in July.

Halifax said there are tentative

Measuring just 84in wide, this terrace home in Haringey, will be auctioned with starting price of £235,000 next month - same price as a four-bed in Burnley.

Buyers will have to sit under the stairs in the super-slim living room but they do also get a roof terrace. “I think it will appeal to owner-occupiers or perhaps an investor,” said James McHugh of estate agent McHugh & Co, who is handling the sale. A buy-to-let landlord, he said, could rent out the corridor-shaped home for around £1,300 a month.

The London house was built, in a driveway, in 1996 by a keen entrepreneur who wanted to make

Six months on from the launch of the UK Land Registry’s Property Alert service more than 12,000 people have signed up to the free service which provides an early warning of suspicious activity on someone’s property.

The Land Registry has stopped fraud on properties worth more than £66 million in the last five years. In a recent case, two fraudsters managed to pocket £50,000 by selling an empty home they didn’t own. Staff at the Land Registry spotted the fraud before it was registered but the fraudsters got away with the money and are still wanted by the police.

The Free service can be set up

Auction House has announced that a record number of lots were sold by the firm in July, marking a six year high for UK industry as a whole.  The group sold 379 lots in the month, an 8% increase on its previous best, raising £38.5 million in the process. Auction House Founding Director Roger Lake said that the record figures highlighted the buoyancy of the property auctions sector. “As our numbers demonstrate, regional auctions are becoming more and more popular. But it’s the increasing consumer confidence in the auction method of sale that is the important driver. With auction fast