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Jemma ScottAccording to data from Hamptons International over 50’s now make up 15% of rented households so far this year. Last year, the English Housing Survey revealed there were 414,000 over-65s renting privately in 2016 to 2017, a big jump from the 257,000 doing so a decade ago. Jemma Scott, Partner at The Buying Solution, says; “We have…
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Jonathan BramwellJemma Scott, Partner, The Buying Solution is quoted in The Times discussing the rise in demand for rentals in all markets. An increasing number of would-be buyers, particularly in London and the southeast, are selling their homes and choosing to rent. At the top end international buyers are renting, often paying tens of thousands a month,…
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Nick MeadNick Mead, Partner at The Buying Solution, talks to The Times about the allure of the Chilterns for families relocating out of London. Every year young children bid farewell to their first bedrooms, pack up their toys and climb into the family car as their parents go in search of a home with more space…
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Bobby HallRoyal Ascot is a five-day race meeting like no other in that it has a presence on the global stage. With thirty races across five days, it’s generally considered to offer the best quality racing in the British Flat Racing calendar. It takes place next week from Tuesday June 19 to Saturday June 24 and,…
Read more Nick MeadThe Royal Wedding shone a particularly favourable spotlight on Windsor last month and heralded the beginning of the “posh frocks and big hats” season that so perfectly encapsulates the traditional English summer. The Home Counties is where much of the action takes place. Two wealthy commuter towns in particular — Ascot and Henley-on-Thames – come…
Read more Jonathan BramwellAs carpets of white begin to cover the countryside, read about The Buying Solution’s favourite places to admire snowdrops throughout our regions. COTSWOLDS & GLOUCESTERSHIRE Newark Park, Ozleworth, Gloucestershire National Trust house—go for their spectacular Snowdrop Weekend on February 4 & 5, 2018 Beverston Castle, nr Tetbury, Gloucestershire Open specially to allow visitors to appreciate the drift…
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Mark LawsonThe TBS team have negotiated deals this year ranging from a very special country cottage at £800,000, a pied-a-terre in Spitalfields and a house in Knightsbridge through to a large residential estate in excess of £20m. But 2017 has been about off market deals–in excess of 70% of our country purchases (up from 50% in…
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