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...Data released by Hamptons on Tuesday shows that in 2023 Londoners bought the fewest homes outside the capital for nine years....
...As well as the independent Stamford School, there are grammar schools in Bourne and Grantham, while Wilson says the public schools of Uppingham and Oakham just over the border in Rutland are a draw....
...This place of historic colleges has witnessed an economic and population boom in recent years, with millions of square feet of new offices and laboratories, while the number of people living in the city...
...Research by Hamptons, the estate agent, suggests Walker’s decision reflects a wider trend....
...But this year only 2 per cent of E17’s homes have sold for that, according to Hamptons using Land Registry data....
...For that, you’ll need to find an independent financial adviser. That’s all the small print for now. See you back here next week. Goodbye....
...“We have a family living in Kent who are just outside the catchment areas for Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar School, known as TWGGS, and Tonbridge Grammar, so they are selling up and moving to a specific...
...(I personally love it, and the shop’s large statue of Goofy will end up in my living room sooner or later.)...
...Howard Davis, founder of Bristol-based agency Howard Independent Estate Agent, said he had seen a shift in recent weeks, with a sell-off by private landlords pushing down average house prices in his area...
...I last revisited my collection in April, when the world’s only independent Sylvanian shop shut its doors after its owners retired....
...“It’s not cheek-by-jowl living [like in Clifton] but the compromise is that you are not near bars and restaurants,” says Adam Lock of Hamptons....
...His Lily of the Valley designs are exclusive to the V&A, as are the giclée prints of illustrations by Beatrix Potter and Edward Lear....
...“It also has a village feel in central London and Covid has highlighted the importance of living in a neighbourhood and having local cafés and shops,” he adds....
...But she’d like to be more independent. “I am independent already,” she continues in that distinctive New Jersey drawl....
...Just as importantly, in a place where land-based living is the norm, there are still people around to pass on their wisdom....
...The market has slowed down since May, with interest rates and the cost of living rising....
...Calculations by Aneisha Beveridge, research director at estate agent Hamptons International, show how an average landlord’s profit dwindles when they remortgage under higher interest rates....
...Those seeking a gym, pool or sport facilities may join the local Hogarth Club; the independent Chiswick Cinema is also on the doorstep....
...The Mayfair resident has been to Battersea Power Station but says he would never consider living there....
...It’s the holiday season in Moscow, where the city has put up symbols of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine outside the entrance to Gorky Park: the Latin letters Z, V and O in throbbing neon, looming over...
...First-time buyers such as the Ahmed brothers will be hardest hit by rising rates, says Aneisha Beveridge, head of research at Hamptons....
...In Tiverton itself, there seems no shortage of three- and four-bedroom family homes advertised for £300,000-£500,000 — but it seems that many newly arriving families prefer living out of town....
...Both urged me and the government to appoint an independent adviser. And now he objects to that independent adviser doing their job. It’s simple political opportunism and everyone can see through it....
...Two of the chemist’s three children attend the independent girls’ school....
...Their holiday cottage is too small for full-time living so they are renting a larger house nearer the children’s school until they find something to buy — neither an easy task....
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