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Bumper year for top-end land and estates market as HNWI hedge their bets against inflation
£150m worth of prime rural estates have already been sold in 2018, notes buying agent Jess Simpson, with grand affairs in the south of England commanding the greatest premiums...
Royalton’s ‘best-in-class’ Surrey estate finds a buyer
The Grade II* listed, picture-perfect Pickhurst was asking over £28m
The Green Belt ‘is being eroded at an alarming rate’ – CPRE
There has been a 62% increase in the loss of greenfield Green Belt land since 2013, says the Campaign to Protect Rural England
Chocolate Box Cottages Vs Manor Houses: What’s the price premium for a quintessentially English village home?
Jackson-Stops compares PSF values and sold prices for five types of chocolate box country home, from manor houses and rectories to farmhouses, barn conversions and cottages
Ranked: The top 10 British holiday home locations for HNWIs
Over 50% of Brits want to buy a holiday home in the UK, says Jackson-Stops, as Coutts bank ranks the ten most popular 'staycation' second home locations for its affluent clients
Homes with a sea view attract a 29% price premium – Rightmove
Garages, gardens, swimming pools and sea views are the most searched-for terms in the property portal's new Keyword Sort feature
A Chequers history: the country palace of British prime ministers
A Grade I listed country pile at the foot of the Chilterns has quietly hosted world leaders and momentous decisions since it was built in 1565...
Rural prime country homes are looking like ‘good value’ – Knight Frank
The average prime country house price increased by 0.9% in the first half the year, but it's a mixed picture across the market
Stamp duty pushes prices down in Britain’s most expensive seaside towns
Sandbanks and Salcombe are still the UK's highest-value seaside towns, despite price dips in the last 12 months
International buyers are looking to England’s more rural enclaves
Affluent international buyers are shunning areas like Wentworth and St Georges Hill in favour of more rural countryside, observes top buying agent Jess Simpson - but the most-wanted locations are still…
Valuing ‘natural capital’ could offer ‘a whole new market for land’ after Brexit
Rural land values prove resilient in the face of a Brexit 'phoney war', says Knight Frank as it publishes its flagship Rural Report, featuring an interview with Michael Gove
Carter Jonas looks to diversify its Model Estate to counter market uncertainty
Carter Jonas' "model estate" - a 3,168 acre notional agricultural estate which the firm has been tracking for the past nine years - dropped in value by 1.