Country Property News
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.
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
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