Country Property News
Tracking down England’s top 40 ‘have it all’ villages
Savills' research team has scoured the country to identify 40 villages – the top five in each English region – that “have it all” for those looking to swap city living for the country life.
Best of the West: The country house sales that stood out in 2020
Some dream country houses changed hands across Devon, Dorset, Cornwall, Somerset and Wiltshire in 2020, notes buying agent Robin Gould - including a Medieval ‘sleeping beauty’ and a once-in-a-generation…
Extending the Stamp Duty holiday could double the rate of house price inflation in 2021, predicts agency
"The prime and super-prime markets will continue to break away from the core housing market" in the coming year, forecasts Jackson-Stops.
Sandy Mitchell’s RedBook appoints a new CEO; reveals growth plans
Tom Adams will work alongside founder Sandy Mitchell to turn design consultancy and introductions agency RedBook into "a leading global, end-to-end property agency...
Rightmove reveals 2020’s most viewed property listings
These five homes have attracted the most interest on Britain's biggest property portal this year...
FT: Search for splendid isolation drives prime home sales boom
The ultra rich seek to turn holiday homes and private islands into more permanent bases for working and studying, writes James Pickford in the Financial Times.
US buyer swoops on Devon’s magnificent Mamhead House
Sale agreed on renowned Gothic-style mansion amid ‘busiest prime country market in 20 years’.
Whitehall pitches major farming shake-up that could transform rural England
English farmers could be offered "lump sum exit payments" if they don't want (or can't afford) to shift to a new post-EU subsidy regime.
Ranked: Britain’s happiest places to live
People living in rural and coastal areas are generally happier with where they live than those living in cities and urban areas, says Rightmove.
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.