Crown Estate navigates troubled waters to deliver profits rise The Crown Estate said today that it had managed to "navigate the troubled waters" of the credit…
UK rural property returns soar to 25.7% UK rural property returns soared to 25.7% in 2007, up from 17.6% the year before, according to…
Tchenguiz takes slice of UK farmland investor Property entrepreneur Vincent Tchenguiz is targeting rising prices for British farmland, taking a…
Mercantile Group buys Humberts for £3.16m Salah Mussa's Mercantile Group has bought estate agency Humberts for £3.16m on the same day it went …
Crown Estate makes Cheshire acquisition The Crown Estate, the Queen's property company, has bought the historic Tabley Estate in Knutsford, …
Lyons wants to end rates exemption for farmland and buildings A little-noticed proposal included in the Lyons review on funding local government last month raised…
Protection for village greens comes in today A law comes into force today that makes it easier to register village greens for public ownership.…
CPRE urges govt to reject ‘simplistic’ Barker report The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has urged the government to reject the “naïve and…
