Home Property Property Countrylife.co.uk is updated daily with property news and stories from the UK and overseas. Discover the latest rural property news and houses for sale, international property news and what’s going on in the London property market. We also offer plenty of guides and advice, buying and selling tips and housekeeping tips. Looking for a new home? Browse beautiful properties for sale across the UK here. The 10 cheapest cities for first-time buyers, where getting on the housing ladder can still be done for £100k Aberdeen tops the 10-strong ranking of the most affordable places for aspiring homeowners. And guess what? They’re all north of the Watford Gap. An irresistible 'gardener's paradise' in Somerset that's on the market for the first time in 52 years Barr House at Bishop's Hull has been a much cherished home and is something of a gardener's paradise. An achingly modern five-bedroom home in Kent that's perfect for horse lovers At Parkside near Sevenoaks, modernity meets the countryside to create a fine family home for the 21st century. Best country houses for sale this week From a truly magnificent Shropshire stately home to a string of delightful thatched cottages, enjoy our pick of the finest homes for sale in Britain today. A converted barn in West Sussex with some of the most sumptuous advertising copy we've ever read The only people more excited about the sale of Old House Barn in Highleigh than me are the agents — and it's easy to see why. An oak-timbered home in a picture-perfect Surrey village with pub, church and village hall, and under an hour from central London Tumbledown Farm in Brockham is exactly the sort of place you're probably thinking of when you think of moving out to the country. A stunning house on the Surrey/Sussex border 'that's more like being in the Scottish Highlands' than the commuter belt Marley House on Marley Common boasts nine bedrooms and some of the finest views in southern England. Could using a buying agent save you money? Buying agents excel at gaining access to houses of which there’s nary a whisper on the market. Five staggering country homes, all commutable to London, from £2.5m to £18m Our pick of the homes to come to the market via Country Life this week focuses on a handful of absolutely magnificent homes. A gorgeous Victorian country house with its own private gate on to Windsor Great Park A vast expanse of parkland is literally on your doorstep at this charming house, with five bedrooms, a study and a wonderful library. Britain's most expensive street outside London, where homes average £2.6 million — and a bare plot is up for sale at £5.5m Old Avenue in leafy Weybridge, Surrey, tops the list of the most expensive streets to buy a home outside the capital. Annabel Dixon discovers which other addresses made the cut. A former racecourse in Cambridgeshire with 200 acres that is waiting for a new lease of life At Steeple Chase Farm near Cottenham, plans are afoot to turn a former grandstand into a family home. One of the 'prettiest little houses in London' for sale, right next door to the house where AA Milne wrote Winnie the Pooh This property on Mallord Street shares a wall with the home that AA Milne lived in for 21 years and is a fine house indeed. A Norfolk home with six bedrooms and some of the finest interiors is up for sale for only the third time since the 1700s Sharrington Hall near Holt manages to pay homage to its past, present and future thanks to a splendid restoration programme by the current owners. A musician's paradise at a Georgian rectory in one of Dorset's most beautiful (and most unfortunately named) valleys Nine-bedroom Plush Manor was once the home of Alfred Brendel and sits in one of Dorset's most desirable locations. A surfer's ideal home? The Cornwall seaside haven just yards from the beach in the village of Polzeath Arabella Youens takes a look at the aptly-named Beach Haven, in the heart of one of North Cornwall's most popular spots. Six breathtaking houses for sale, from a converted mill to a 1,000-acre estate, as seen in Country Life Buckle up for our latest round up — and bring the trousers with the deep pockets. A glorious medieval hall in Norfolk with England's largest brick-built Tudor barn, a moat, and nine acres At Hales Hall near Norwich, you can live a fairytale life in this seven bedroom home that's positively bursting with history. A recently refurbished Jacobean hall with 100 acres, a clocktower, lake, gardens and events business Grade I-listed Dorfold Hall in Cheshire was supposedly built for a visit by James I and is one of the finest country homes on the market today. After a quick house sale? Here’s where to look The fastest-selling housing markets, the Easter spike in homes put up for sale, and the 10 most in-demand areas of the home. Here's our round-up of what's happening in the world of bricks and mortar. Next >