Housing market expectations for 2024 are improving. Here’s why.
Temperatures may be falling outside but the housing market appears to be warming up. Annabel Dixon lifts the lid on the 'tentatively promising' start to the new year.
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Temperatures may be falling outside but the housing market appears to be warming up. Annabel Dixon lifts the lid on the 'tentatively promising' start to the new year.
Predicting the weather using folklore is not as lackadaisical as it might seem, says Lia Leendertz, as she reveals what we can look forward to this month.
The arrival of an overweight pony on The Archers highlights a growing problem with heavy horses, says equine charity World Horse Welfare
Even as the problems of the world grow greater, Carla Carlisle commits to being an 'affirming flame' of hope.
Rising house prices and ongoing buyer demand for luxe properties in Surrey have helped to fuel the county’s high-end housing market. Annabel Dixon finds out more.
The changing weather is having an impact on everything from hibernating dormice to caterpillars and calves.
Yes, it’s that time of year for looking into crystal balls. Keen to find out what could happen to house prices in 2024? Here’s our round-up of predictions from the market experts.
Our annual tongue-in-cheek look at what 2024 might hold in store, from the Shipping News in cockney to the resurgence of the Monster Raving Loony Party.
All the answers to Country Life's 2023 Christmas Quiz.
Test your festive knowledge with Country Life's biggest quiz of the year, as compiled by Victoria Marston.
Spare a thought for Father Christmas on 24 December, surely the busiest day of the year for him. So we’ve given him a helping hand and picked out eight of the best places with chimneys to come down.
Aled Jones speaks to Country Life about his favourite Christmas carols and Christmas traditions.
The failed northern leg of HS2 has left thousands of people whose land was purchased for the high speed rail scheme in the lurch. Lucy Denton reports on the latest.
Rosamund Young, best-selling author of 'The Secret Life of Cows', has a new book out book called 'The Wisdom of Sheep & Other Animals'. We have an exclusive extract for Country Life readers.
The Boxing Day bounce, how the rental market is ‘starting to turn’, plus what UK homeowners and potential buyers searched for every 23 seconds this year: Annabel Dixon runs through what you need to know in the world of bricks and mortar.
Rumour has it, Reith would ask broadcasters to wear black tie at Salutation House. It’s a far cry from the days when the Georgian period property was a pub.
The Wollemi tree thrived hundreds of millions of years ago, and was thought to have disappeared some 90 million years ago — but a chance discovery brought it back, and it's now thriving in Britain as Annunciata Elwes reports.
November's major auctions witnessed some truly extraordinary sales — not least thanks to the sale of the collection of Emily Fisher Landau. Huon Mallalieu takes a look.
Britain's happiest place to live has glorious parks, high-end boutiques, riverside walks and a plethora of restaurants — plus excellent transport links straight into central London.
The inside track on London’s high-end housing market, how buyers are bagging an £18k discount off their next home, and where the nation’s second home hotspots are: Annabel Dixon runs through what you need to know in the world of bricks and mortar.