A stately home which is said to be the largest house in Britain will be sold to a preservation group dedicated to restoring some of its former glory. The sale of Wentworth Woodhouse has been agreed for £7 million, although it will take tens of millions more to repair and refurbish the country mansion. Wentworth Woodhouse. Picture: Lorne Campbell / Guzelian The massive house, near Rotherham, is said to have 365 rooms and five miles of corridors. Many of Read more [...]

A stately home which is said to be the largest house in Britain will be sold to a preservation group dedicated to restoring some of its former glory. The sale of Wentworth Woodhouse has been agreed for £7 million, although it will take tens of millions more to repair and refurbish the country mansion. Wentworth Woodhouse. Picture: Lorne Campbell / Guzelian The massive house, near Rotherham, is said to have 365 rooms and five miles of corridors. Many of Read more [...]

When Ndamukong Suh signed a six-year, $114 million contract with the Miami Dolphins in March, he became the highest-paid defensive tackle in NFL history.

Mr. Suh set another record in 2015: He spent $7 million in August on a home in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the most expensive real-estate purchase by an NFL player last year.

In the spirit of Super Bowl 50, Mansion examined the stats behind 66 NFL-related home listings in 2015….

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What was once described as a grandeur masterpiece is now unrecognisable after the prized mansion was left to deteriorate for more than a decade.Set within the exclusive Sydney north shore suburb of Mosman, the heritage listed property - called 'Morella' - now lies abandoned with graffiti covered walls, smashed windows, scattered debris and a crumbling interior.The derelict estate, which is used as a 'hangout' zone for teenagers and squatters, has fallen into disrepair since its last known resident, Read more [...]

Councillors were this week wrangling over proposals to build 800 new homes on the site of the former Bangour Village Hospital. The plans were being discussed yesterday (Wednesday) at a planning meeting but no decision was reached and the application was continued. The application included proposals to create 800 new houses, with up to a further 91 being developed from conversions of existing listed buildings. The plans also include a new primary school, access roads, open space and the refurbishment Read more [...]

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New data from the Land Registry shows the ten most expensive houses sold in Coventry last year. Four of the top ten were in Kenilworth Road, with the others in Earlsdon and Allesley. 67 Kenilworth Road: £1,200,000 on December 22 Abbotsvale, Cryfield Grange Road, Gibbet Hill: £1,100,000 on May 22 75 Kenilworth Road: £931,000 on September 21 40A Kenilworth Road: £900,000 on April 9 Silver Birches, Pickford Grange Lane, Allesley: £812,500 on November 6 1 Little Cryfield, Gibbet Hill: £810,000 Read more [...]

A scheme to build 11 homes on fields in the picturesque village of Bunbury where ITV’s wartime series Home Fires is filmed has faced a barrage of criticism on design grounds. Members of Cheshire East Council’s southern planning committee today (Wednesday, February 3) deferred the application to build eight affordable homes and three detached properties on land at Bowe’s Gate Road in Bunbury. Local councillor Stan Davies (Con) said he’d never seen ‘such a terrible plan to put three big Read more [...]

Britain’s housing crisis can only be solved if the government switches to an annual capital gains charge on homes, according to a report. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (Niesr) warned that prices would continue to rocket, pricing first-time buyers out of the market, while property was lightly taxed compared with other assets that investors can buy. Buyers need to find a deposit of £80,000 to afford an average home, after a 50% rise in prices over the past decade. The thinktank Read more [...]