America’s biggest ranch The Waggoner on sale for $713m in Texas

The Waggoner Ranch is the largest contiguous ranch in the United States spanning six counties in Northern TexasListing marks end of decades-long court battle among heirs of cattle baron W.T. Waggoner who founded it in 1923The estate includes the 510,000-acre ranch with two main compounds, hundreds of homes and 20 cowboy campsAlso included are hundreds of quarter-horses, thousands of cattle, 1,200 oil wells and 30,000 acres of cultivated landIt reportedly falls within 'super asset class', Read more [...]

LG Escape 2 price and specs, listed for sale

We wonder how many readers will remember the LG Escape that released way back in 2012 for ATT? Well, today we have news of the LG Escape 2 prices and specs, and the phone is now listed for sale on the same US carrier as its predecessor. It’s a mid-range smartphone so read on for more details. We’ll start with the all-important pricing, and the LG Escape 2 has a no-contract price of $199.99 or $0.99 on a two-year contract. Alternatively on ATT’s Next 12 plan it will cost you $9 per month Read more [...]

£40m of property for sale in resort

Bloom - Albany Hotel, Albert Road, winner of Holiday Accommodation Over 10 bedroom section 140 hotels and more than 50 other businesses are up for sale across Blackpool But would-be investors are struggling to buy into the town as they are turned down by investors, The Gazette has been told Estate agensts have said people remain interested in the resort though And those running successful businesses are confident the town is on the Read more [...]

Lady Violet’s Downton Abbey home up for sale at £3.95 million

For Downton Abbey fans, news that the home of Maggie Smith’s character – the dowager Lady Violet Crawley – is up for sale would be most pleasing.With series five – the show’s penultimate season – set to be screened in September, the property brokers Savills are hoping now is the perfect time to market Byfleet Manor in Surrey. The Grade II-listed house has featured as Lady Violet’s house since 2010. The eight-bedroom property, which mostly dates from 1686, has four reception rooms and Read more [...]

House prices ‘a national emergency’, RICS warns

The Royal Institute for Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has warned that rising house prices are in danger of becoming a "national emergency". House prices are rising at the fastest rate since August last year while the supply of homes coming on to the market fell more swiftly than any time since 2009. RICS urged the prime minister to do more to support the construction of new homes "in unusually forceful language", Reuters reports. "The affordability and availability of homes in the UK is now Read more [...]

Live Like the Dowager Countess – Downton Abbey Manor Home for Sale

For fans of the PBS series Downton Abbey, the chance to live like a Crawley is a little bit more obtainable today – the Dowager Countess's house is on the market. Byfleet Manor is most recognizable as the home of Lady Violet Crawley, who's played by Emmy-winning actress Dame Maggie Smith on the period drama. The countryside home, located in Surrey, just outside of London, is listed for $6 million. Photos of the elaborately decorated rooms are included with the listing.The manor's history extends Read more [...]

Fancy owning Violet Crawley’s Downton Abbey home? It’ll cost you!

The Dowager Countess' country abode has been put on the market. The eight-bedroom manor house, which has been home to the Crawley matriarch since Downton Abbey's inception, is up for sale.  Which we guess makes sense, both in Downton Abbey-land (it's only natural Violet is downsizing now the show is ending) and in the real world, where the home's current owners are sure to secure a small fortune from Downton fans keen to buy themselves a piece of the show's history.  Indeed, Read more [...]