Buying a smallholding, taking over a smallholding, what smallholding to buy
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Stephen Ivall »
Farmland at a record high - Steve Ivall looks at the ups and downs of buying a smallholding in the current market
Posted on 12:41pm Wednesday 17th September 2008
UK FARMLAND prices surged at the fastest pace in the RICS' rural market survey's history during the first half of 2008 but lifestyle buyers retreated as the credit crunch deepened.
Andrew Dodds of Stags, Exeter »
Buying a smallholding - Andrew Dodds of Stags Exeter, takes a look at the property market in the South West
Posted on 12:43pm Wednesday 20th August 2008
IT has been widely reported that the residential property market is experiencing a slowdown in the number of transactions, together with a readjustment in prices from the levels reached during 2007. At the same time the farm land market remains buoyant, with demand for farms and land with larger acreages strengthening further on the back of shortage of supply and increasing commodity prices.
Stephen Ivall »
Buying a smallholding - With land prices at a premium, Steve Ivall says it may pay to buy before they go any higher
Posted on 3:28pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008
THINKING OF buying a smallholding? Do you want a large garden to allow you to become almost self-sufficient? How about owning a piece of land?
Liz Wright »
Welsh market is waking up - Liz Wright finds out there is still a welcome in the hillside for newcomers
Posted on 3:14pm Tuesday 10th June 2008
SPRING is in the air and Rural Scene report that already the market in Wales is beginning to wake up. While there has been much talk of gloom and doom in the press, in the real world there is still a good demand for properties with land which, historically, has always held its value much better in troubled times than purely residential property.
Elizabeth Soutar »
The road to the Scottish Isles - Elspeth Soutar tells how she followed a dream and moved to the Outer Hebrides
Posted on 2:53pm Wednesday 7th May 2008
THE first mountain I ever climbed was Stac Pollaidh in the Highlands of Scotland. From the summit the view is breathtaking in all directions. To the west the sun sets in a fiery golden glow over the Summer Isles and in the distance the Outer Hebrides lie silhouetted on the horizon.
John Sones »
Do you want to be like Jimmy? - John Sones looks at opportunities to rent a smallholding and the types of tenancies
Posted on 10:44am Wednesday 30th January 2008
IN this country, we have a tradition of wanting to own our own property. This is not always possible for several reasons the main one usually being financial. A large proportion of the population rent their homes so what about renting a smallholding?
John Sones »
It pays to register your land - John Sones explains how to get a holding number and why registering makes sense
Posted on 12:37pm Thursday 17th January 2008
I AM one of those who recently received the latest "Survey of Registered Holdings" to be completed and returned to Defra.
Staff reporter »
Buy a cut-price smallholding - Location and legwork is the answer to the problem of finding ‘a needle in a haystack’
Posted on 2:04pm Wednesday 5th December 2007
FINDING a cut-price smallholding has become the dream of many a city bound individual, bored with a routine job or business.
Liz Wright »
Find a Fenland property bargain - Liz Wright looks at an undiscovered area where you get more for your money
Posted on 2:32pm Wednesday 5th September 2007
FENLAND is a term applied loosely to a large area of Eastern England from the South of the Wolds in Lincolnshire, to parts of Norfolk and across into North Cambridgeshire.
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