Country Property News
In Pictures: Castellated country house on Dartmoor offered for £5.5m
The imposing Yarner Estate was once a popular hunting ground for the likes of Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI and Queen Mary. It's now on the market for the first time in over 50 years.
West Sussex buying agency builds team
Chichester-based developer Jenny Prager has joined Jennie Hancock Property Acquisitions as a buying agent.
Hamleys owner buys Stoke Park for £57m
Reliance Industries, owned by Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani, has acquired the James Wyatt-designed Stoke Park in Buckinghamshire.
Charlie Ellingworth: The big question in the property market is around offices
How businesses do business and employees live their lives in the brave new world will shape both the London and country residential markets, writes PV's Charlie Ellingworth.
Saudi prince reportedly sells Cotswolds estate for ‘more than £120m’
It appears that Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan has sold Glympton Park in Oxfordshire to the King of Bahrain.
Prime Central London ‘has now bottomed out’ – Savills
Back to work plans are boosting demand for town and city homes, says Savills, but the country house and coastal property markets are still riding high.
The ‘escape to the country’ trend has ‘evolved to a more urban focus’
“The search for space is far from over but the trend has a more urban flavour now,” says Knight Frank research chief Tom Bill.
In Pictures: High-spec historic house in Sussex with ‘nothing short of spectacular’ modern extension
Higham House was reputedly visited by Henry VIII, and now features a show-stopping swimming pool complex.
Cornwall overtakes London as Britain’s most searched-for property location
“The huge population of London means that traditionally it’s the most searched for location," says Rightmove, "but the appeal of the coast and the countryside over the past year has seen Cornwall crowned…
Interview: Jess Simpson on the country market revival & why the property industry needs to embrace flexible working
PrimeResi meets top buying agent Jess Simpson, an ex-Savills director and the former head of Strutt & Parker’s buying arm, who set up her eponymous firm in 2018 and now heads an all-female team specialising…
In Pictures: Dorset manor house ‘with all the toys’ that inspired Thomas Hardy pitched at £3.75m
Poxwell Manor comes with "all the toys", says Strutt & Parker, including a helipad and helicopter hangar.