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Vendors stirring after banner year for high-end country house market
2021 saw the highest number of £5m+ country house sales in 15 years, according to new data from Knight Frank
Agency names the 54 ‘poshest‘ villages in Britain
Savills looked at house prices, lifestyle amenities, connectivity and ‘chocolate-box appeal’ to come up with the rundown for the Telegraph
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Holiday lets boom ‘crippling’ local rental markets
Countryside charity CPRE estimates there has been a 1,000% increase in homes listed for short-term let across the UK over the last five years
Popstar’s £6.75m country mansion marked as sold
The Wiltshire home of Robbie and Ayda Williams, Compton Bassett House, was brought to market via Knight Frank last year
London & Cornwall vie to be Britain’s most searched-for property location
Rightmove recorded just 3% more property searches in London than in Cornwall through 2021, compared to a gap of 24% in 2020, and 49% in 2019.
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Country Life delves into property archives for 125th anniversary
The venerable weekly first hit the shelves in January 1897, and has since carried adverts for some of Britain’s most significant country house sales
Octagon eying new sites as new-build market shapes up
Luxury housebuilder has seen some 'extremely lively' sales activity in recent months
Country houses out-performed in 2021, but PCL’s property market is primed to ‘bounce rapidly’ this year
Savills expects prime regional price growth to moderate this year, while Prime Central London prices feel ready to surge upwards.
‘Vintage year’ for the prime country house market as top-end prices surge 20%
“I’ve never known a time like it in 30-plus years," says Rupert Sweeting, head of national country sales at Knight Frank.
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