Price boost to prime country homes despite market slowdown

Despite election jitters, tighter mortgage lending and the prospect of higher interest rates, prime countryside house prices rose 3.4 per cent in 2014, with further growth forecasted for the year ahead.
Lizzie Rivera18 February 2016

Spacious, sprawling estates and luxurious manor houses continue to tempt homebuyers looking to swap city living for family life in the country. Demand for prime countryside homes remains strong with an annual rise in sales of three per cent during 2014, and a staggering increase of 24 per cent on figures recorded just two years ago in 2012, according to a

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