A new week, a new property blog round-up. Here’s a quick look at what’s happening on some of our favourite property blogs.

Rich at 4Homes is indulging in a spot of property porn, checking out potential homes fit for Manchester City’s cash-rich new signings. Heated pools, turrets, home cinemas, croquet lawns… Prepare to be very jealous.

The Rat and Mouse might be on holiday for a fortnight, but there’s a series of interviews with ‘the good, the great and the in between of the property business’ to keep you entertained.

The lovely ladies at Royals of Rent are excited about the imminent arrival of a new website for agents Jacob Fox, and are taking a look at the Winkworth Summer 2009 Price Guide.

New to our list of favourites, the Real Estalker is snooping around Julianne Moore’s five-floor New York townhouse, which is on the market for a very cool $11,995,000.

The Money Blog is dispelling myths about house prices and immigration.

In his property surgery, A Slice of the Property Cake, Mr Jackson is trying not to choke on said cake at the price of this rental property, and is admiring Makoto Tanijiri’s beautiful pyramid house.

And over at Winging It, Jocelyn is in the holiday mood, taking a look at some ‘tasty Turkish delights’.

Enjoy! And remember, we can’t get enough of property blogs, so if you know a good one, don’t keep it to yourself.

Talk about career change… An estate agent from Shepton Mallet has won a very curious job: she’s going to be a witch.

She beat over 300 other applicants to win the lucrative £50,000 a year job at the tourist attraction Wookey Hole in Somerset.

Apparently in the role she snagged with her ‘witchy charisma’, she’ll be teaching people magic and witchcraft. Of course, she’ll also have to spend a lot of time cackling, trying to fly on a broomstick, and talking to her black cat. A (fairy-tale) world from showing people around a semi-detached.

But Cara Calamity (great name, no?) has pointed out that being an estate agent probably put her in pretty good stead for the role: “I think it’s a natural progression. You need to perform a little bit of magic to sell houses in the current market.”

She might be onto something with that kind of thinking.

You can see Cara Calamity in her witchy role at Wookey Hole – let us know if you go!

There’s something very quintessentially British about those picture-perfect Cotswold houses – like Wimbledon, Big Ben or the Queen, these pretty properties are national treasures. Their distinctive sandy-coloured stone can be seen dotted all over the Cotswolds. If you are lucky enough to call one of them home, then you are one enviable homeowner indeed.

Pioneer of the production line, Henry Ford, seemed to think so. Not content with buying just one Cotswold cottage, he went a step further. He tried to buy an entire row of them – Arlington Row in the village of Bibury.

Apparently Ford wanted to ship them back to Michigan to include them in his historical theme park. He was unsuccessful in his attempt however, and instead had to settle for a cottage from Chedworth. Still, that one must have been something special too – deconstructing a house and rebuilding it on the other side of the Atlantic isn’t something you do on a whim.

Arlington Row, which narrowly escaped such a fate, was built from local stone in the 14th century and originally used as a monastic wool store. It was converted into weavers’ cottages in the 17th century, and is now owned by the National Trust – which should protect it from any other over-enthusiastic bidders who might have their eye on buying the whole lot.

The village of Bibury is steeped in history too – William Morris, who had a summer home nearby, declared it “the most beautiful village in England”.

Morris and Ford are not the only ones who fell in love with the Cotswolds – we’re pretty smitten with the houses there as well. If you’re tempted too, check out the homes below. From quaint cottages to rambling country houses, here’s our pick of the properties on the market at the moment – all in that wonderful Cotswold stone.

Fyfield

This Grade II-Listed detached Cotswold stone property has four bedrooms, flagstone floors, exposed timbers and open fireplaces. Its idyllic setting includes mature gardens and views across the countryside and the River Leach. It’s on the market for £1,000,000.

Cirencester

Usquebaugh Cottage, another Grade II-Listed traditional Cotswold property, was originally a series of four cottages that date back to the early 18^th century. Alterations were made in the 19^th, 20^th and 21^st centuries, but many period features remain. This four-bedroom, three-reception-room property is on the market for £747,500.

Eastleach

This pretty four-bedroom terraced cottage is located in the heart of a rural Cotswold village. It’s for sale for £499,000.