Thirteen mansion-grade properties have come to market across Leeds in recent weeks, with asking prices starting at just under £3m and stretching well beyond, according to listings reviewed by the Yorkshire Evening Post. On the surface this reads as a lifestyle story about swimming pools, home cinemas and sweeping driveways in postcodes such as Alwoodley, Roundhay and Bramhope. Beneath it lies a more significant signal for anyone tracking regional wealth distribution in the UK: Leeds' prime residential market is maturing into a genuine national player, no longer a curiosity relative to London, Surrey or Cheshire's so-called 'golden triangle'.