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Whether you are buying or selling farmland, find out what land prices are doing in your area of the country. Find information for landowners, tenants, letting farmland, the best way to market your property and how to get the best price for your sale.

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BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Selling your farm: How to prepare for viewings

Most farms for sale meet strong demand, but there are some basics that can help with marketing. First impressions are important, so time and effort invested in preparing for viewings…

LAND MARKETS

Private farmland sales: What buyers should consider

Farmland buyers in the private market benefit from confidentiality and access to properties that they would not otherwise find out about. However, there are degrees of privacy and questions to…

BUSINESS

Trips and slips to avoid when selling a farm or land

Strong demand for land and farms in an undersupplied market should make for a quick and easy sale. However, many issues cause delays, especially if the buyer or their solicitor…

BUSINESS

Selling a farm in 2023? Tips to make it a smooth process

Land agents, tax and legal advisers stress that a thorough and strategic approach to farm sales saves time, stress and money. A high value and high demand market, uncertainty over…

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Case studies

PARTNERSHIPS

Joint land ownership allows Dutch milk producer to extensify

Dairy producer Pieter van der Valk is balancing profitable farming with ecological benefits through an innovative model whereby farmers and private investors jointly own land. When he heard that his…

LAND MARKETS

Why we’re selling the family farm during coronavirus

Jane Clark and her son, Fred, have decided to sell their family farm in Essex during a time of global uncertainty. The coronavirus pandemic has given the family a chance…

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

How HS2 compensation battles have hit two family farms hard

The high-speed rail project set to link London, Birmingham, the East Midlands, Leeds and Manchester has proved controversial. The project has cost taxpayers £4.1bn even before construction has started, according…

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

How compulsory purchase has ruined a dairy farmer

A Lancashire farmer has been forced to sell his dairy herd during a compulsory purchase battle that has left him out of pocket for four years. Paul Casson farms in…

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Insights

LAND MARKETS

Global farmland prices rise as demand for land grows

Markets around the world are seeing similar competing interests for farmland as those in the UK, with policy and economic changes influencing some big price movements. Biodiversity and climate change…

BUSINESS

Farmland market - supply, demand, influences and values

The area of farmland publicly marketed across Great Britain rose during the first half of this year to 85,606 acres, according to Savills research. This is 16% higher than in…

PLANNING PERMISSION

What the latest planning reforms mean for rural areas

The government has been talking about the need to streamline the planning process since the last election, making it easier to release more land for housing and to obtain planning permission.…

MARKETS AND TRENDS

Greening buyers make their presence felt in farmland market

Greening investment is a growing influence in the farmland market, and there have been some notable recent purchases and funding. Oxygen Conservation agreed earlier this month to buy more than…

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News

LAND MARKETS

More land and farms wanted on Scottish market

As in all UK land markets, more supply is needed in Scotland. Anything of quality is generally readily snapped up, with private sales accounting for a good proportion of what…

LAND MARKETS

Commercial arable land to kick off autumn market

The early autumn market is set to give buyers a choice of arable land with a wide range of acreages. Three farms under the same ownership but in two counties…

BUSINESS

Tenanted land offerings plateau but meet good demand

There’s plenty of interest in the relatively low acreage of tenanted land coming onto the market. Investors and farmers represent the main buying interests, environmental charities are also in the…

LAND MARKETS

Bare land blocks, castle ruin and smaller farms for sale

Blocks of bare land and smaller farms are the main new offerings in the late summer market, some with unusual history and others presenting good commercial land. In Wiltshire, 44…

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LAND MARKETS

Large Lincolnshire arable estate selling in lots

One of the largest commercial arable holdings to come to market in Lincolnshire for 20 years is being sold off in several lots to a variety of buyers. Rainthorpe Farms,…

LAND MARKETS

Video: Farming family sells estate after 70 years

Succession planning is commonly defined as the process of passing a farm from one generation to the next. Done properly the outcome should provide clarity over the future of the…

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VIDEO & PICTURES: Stunning Leicestershire dairy farm for sale

Property agent Howkins & Harrison is selling a 235-acre Leicestershire state-of-the-art dairy unit that will seriously whet the appetite of all milk producers. The firm's Jeff Paybody says Ridgefield Farm at…

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BUSINESS

Landowner-led development series

Landowners may live with the consequences of their development decisions for years to come. "Legacy developments" allow landowners to exert a certain level of control in the design, construction and…

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