The capital value growth of UK farmland is forecast to outperform many commodities markets, residential property, UK gilts and West End offices, according to Savills rural research who expects the average value of farmland in the five years from 2012 to increase by 36 per cent.  More immediately the company predicts average growth of 5 [...]

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Falling house prices have meant home ownership is now more affordable than it has been for eight years, according to Britain’s biggest mortgage provider Halifax. Fewer than four years’ average earnings are now needed to buy the typical first time buyer property in 44 per cent of local authority districts (LADs), which is less than [...]

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The Eurozone crisis and David Cameron’s protectionist stance over the City and financial services industry has provoked strong interest in high value Prime Central London property, according to UK agency W A Ellis. “We have seen over the last two weeks an unusual amount of activity at the top of the market from both Russian [...]

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