UK house prices hit a new high in June and are 30% higher
than the peak they reached before the 2008 financial crisis, according to the
latest snapshot of the market. The property website Zoopla said the average
price of a home was £230,700 – as much as 5.4% higher than the same
month a year ago. It said the sharp increase had come as the number of homes
being put on the market for sale had dropped by 25% in the first half of the
year compared with the same period in 2020. Read more on the Guardian website.
Country diary: The challenge of making a thatched roof pine-marten proof |
Tom Allan
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*Glenisla, Angus:* Damage by squirrels is common; the mustelid less so.
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