Tag: farmland



Britain’s Farmland Values Show Signs of Slowing

Britain’s Farmland Values Show Signs Of Slowing
Posted on 2 October, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Economy, Industry News

Despite an increase in the amount of farmland being sold so far this year, there are warnings that recent price rises are now starting to level off. In its latest rural land report, estate and letting agents Savills claims that yearly returns to the end of... Read More

Fall in Demand for Farmland leads to reduced Price Growth Expectations

Posted on 21 August, 2015 by Chris Grigorovsky under Business News

The supply of commercial farmland increased during the first half of the year, leading to significant price growth expectations. According to the latest RICS/RAU Rural Land Market Survey H1 2015, demand growth moderated throughout many parts of the country... Read More

Rising Farmland Values bring Fields of Gold

Posted on 14 October, 2014 by Neil Bird under Commercial Sales and Lets

The value of English farmland increased by 2 per cent in Q3, taking the rise in the year to date to 12 per cent. Year on year, values have risen by an average of 15 per cent, outperforming the housing market (+10 per cent), the FTSE 100 (+5 per cent) and gold... Read More

Co-op in Thirty Nine Thousand Acre Farmland Sale

Posted on 4 August, 2014 by Kirsten Kennedy under Business News, Commercial Sales and Lets

The Co-operative has announced the sale of its farming business to the Wellcome Trust in a deal worth £249 million. In total, the Wellcome Trust has gained 39,553 acres of land containing 15 farms, 27 commercial properties and more than 100... Read More

Scottish Farmland Prices hold steady says Report

Posted on 10 March, 2014 by Jodee Redmond under Commercial Sales and Lets

According to figures released by RICS, the price of Scottish farmland remained steady throughout the second half of 2013. The average price of land averaged £3,750 per acre. Furthermore, more than 80 per cent of surveyors anticipated a rise in prices during... Read More

Co-op confirms Farm Sale Plans

Posted on 26 February, 2014 by Kirsten Kennedy under Business News, Commercial Sales and Lets

The future of 750 pharmacies also in doubt in strategic review The Cooperative Group was once one of Britain’s most successful mutually owned businesses, but recent troubles have seen financial issues plague the day to day running of the company. Last... Read More

English Farmland “Outperforming Gold”

Posted on 24 January, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets

The price of English farmland hit a record high last year and is now almost a better bet than investing in gold, claims the latest Knight Frank Farmland Index. With last year’s 11 per cent rise, it now costs £6,882 to acquire an acre of agricultural land... Read More

Farmland Outstrips Central London Property

Posted on 31 October, 2013 by Jodee Redmond under Industry News

Farmland has outperformed central London property for the first time in 16 years. The cost of prime arable land increased by 10.7 per cent to £7,594 per acre last year, according to Savills, and growth of 40 per cent, to £10,631 per acre, has been forecast... Read More

Rural English Estates Performing Well for Investors

Posted on 30 September, 2013 by Jodee Redmond under Industry News

Rural English estates have continued to perform well against other asset classes, according to the results of a new survey. The Saville 2013 Benchmarking Survey results showed that the average gross income on all estates grew by 5.3 per cent to £212... Read More

Farmland Prices Treble In Less than a Decade

Posted on 6 September, 2013 by Jodee Redmond under Commercial Sales and Lets

The price of farmland in the UK has hit record levels during the first six months of 2013. Prices have more than trebled in little under a decade, according to data contained in the RICS Rural Land Market Survey HI 2013. During the first six months of... Read More