After marrying in Venice last month, Clooney and his new wife, the London-based human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin, appear to have settled for their marital home in Sonning, Berkshire - a £10million Grade II listed manor house on the River Thames.
The nine-bed roomed house has its own library, gym, spa and steam room, along with a cellar and a boathouse and separate cottage for guests or staff.
Set in four acres and surrounded by dense trees and expansive gardens it offer all the seclusion required of an A-list couple.
Clooney is understood to have been drawn to the area after visiting the
The Guardian this week reported that Britain’s housing market has reached a turning point with price growth expected to turn negative next year – but the market will avoid a crash, according to the latest forecasts.
Average house prices across the UK will dip by 0.8% in 2015, after growing by an estimated 7.8% this year, the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) predicted on Monday.
Inquiries from new buyers are already declining and properties are staying on the market for longer before they sell, leading to price declines in some parts of the UK. Affordability has become a real
Three quarters of London properties which would fall into the so-called “mansion tax” bracket are flats or terraced houses, according to Knight Frank figures.
The property consultants analysed sales data to see what type of “mansions” would fall into the £2m plus category Labour leader Ed Miliband would target if his party came to power.
Knight Frank said London – and in particular the prime areas of Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea – would be hit harder than other parts of the country by the tax. The two boroughs alone account for 46 per cent of the £2m-plus properties in England and
Property agents CPBigwood have for the second year running been shortlisted for Residential Auction House of The Year in The Negotiator Awards.
Winners will be announced at a glittering prize giving ceremony on Tuesday, November 4, at the London Hilton on Park Lane and hosted by Alexander Armstrong, comedian, actor and presenter of TV's Pointless programme.
CPBigwood has one of the largest property auction houses outside London and is firmly established in the top ten national auction houses in the UK.
Last year the cumulative figure for 2013 came in at £51,082,200, with 604 lots offered
The house of Cranford author Elizabeth Gaskell is opening its doors after a £2.5m refurbishment that has returned it to the style of the writer's era.
The 19th Century villa in Manchester had fallen into disrepair after being used as a student hall of residence, but has been furnished with period items and replicas.
It will be fully open to the public for the first time from tomorrow and definitely worthwhile a visit to admire the restoration, and soak up history from the life of this remarkable writer..
Her friend, Charlotte Bronte once described it in a letter as "a large, cheerful, airy
We love period properties and the ladies in the office also love Marks & Spencer's, so we were rather delighted to find that the beautiful Edwardian mansion in East Sussex, which featured in the retailer's summer campaign, has come on the market... albeit for a slightly out of reach £5million.
The Rye Country mansion overlooks some of the most beautiful stretches of countryside and coastline in the UK, and with 10 bedrooms and five bathrooms, there's plenty of room for a spot of country entertaining at the manor.
The mansion, which is set in four acres of land, was originally a wedding
Belfast's best known gay nightclub, The Kremlin, has been sold for around £3m.
The venue was owned by Seamus Sweeney and Andre Graham, who opened it in 1999 and expanded it over the years.
The new owner is Anthology NI, the company which has been leasing and operating the venue.
The sole shareholder of Anthology NI is Anthea Wilson. She said: "We are absolutely delighted to now own the freehold of the Kremlin having been the tenant for the past five years."
She added: "For us its business as usual, but with a few exciting new additions planned for the complex over the next 12 months as we
The annual rate of house price growth slowed in September to 9.4% from 11% the month before, the Nationwide says.
On a monthly basis, prices were down by 0.2% - the first time that figure has fallen since April 2013. It said strong regional variations remained, with London and the South continuing to lead the market.
Prices in London are 31% above those reached at the last peak of the market in 2007. Elsewhere, prices are just 1% above pre-crisis levels, with average house prices across the UK shown to have fallen to £188,374. The average price of a house in London is £401,072.
It was reported at the weekend by the BBC that first-time buyers in England under the age of 40 could buy a house at 20% below the market rate - if the Conservatives are re-elected.
David Cameron, the Conservative leader said a future government led by him would build 100,000 new homes for such people. They would be built on brownfield land already identified for development and exempt from some taxes, he said.
Unveiling the pledge - an extension of the Help to Buy mortgage scheme - Mr Cameron said the Conservatives wanted more young people to "achieve the dream" of owning their own home.
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