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Tag: Country Property News
London architects report spike in country house commissions
Urbanist Architecture has seen a 65% jump in demand for rural home designs, including a marked increase in Para 79 “Country House Clause” commissions.
Rural rents rise as cities fall – Hamptons
Average rents in the countryside have risen by 5.5% in the last year, reports Hamptons, while city rents have fallen by 5.3%.
Planning nod for resi development at Cheshire’s Doddington Hall, after 13 years
112-home residential development in historic house grounds gets the go-ahead light at appeal.
Hawkes celebrates a brace of Country House Clause approvals
Specialist architecture practice secures its 20th and 21st Para 79 wins.
‘We may be hitting a high plateau’, says Savills, as £1m+ sales jump
There’s been a “rebalancing of the market between London and the country”, says Savills, as the capital lags a sharp increase in £1m+ sales across the UK.
Property searches surge in smaller communities as country escape continues
Country towns and villages are seeing a much bigger rise in property searches than major cities, reports Rightmove. Dartmouth in Devon saw twice as many online searches this September compared to last, while agreed sales in the harbour town have shot up by 179%.
Rents rise in the prime commuter belt but fall in London, as tenants ‘make real lifestyle changes as a result of Covid-19’
Savills has revised its prime rental price forecasts. Prime London rents are now expected to fall by 3% this year, with inflation of +7.6% over the next five years. Leafier locations outside the capital, meanwhile, are set for 3.5% growth in 2020, and +11.5% by the end of 2024.
Prime property prices outside London top pre-crash peak
Average prime values outside of London have climbed beyond their 2007 peak for the first time, says Savills, and now sit some 1.4% above their pre-crash high.
Market Snapshot: Scotland’s £1m+ market has ‘picked up where it left off’, driven by a country house revival
Edinburgh usually dominates the Scottish prime market, but more rural locations have stepped up since the Spring Coronavirus lockdown was eased.
Historic Hampshire estate seeks £18m+
Jane Austen was a frequent visitor to Ashe Park, which is now on the market via Savills.
‘Covid-19 has increased the desire to move home, with more space the key driver’ for prime buyers
The latest Savills buyer survey reveals “a greater urgency in the desire to move home”, allowing the top-end estate agency to predict that the current surge in buying activity will continue beyond the summer – particularly in country markets.