Yorkshire's farms and estates are not what they were ten years ago, and that is not entirely a bad thing. The old model, reliant on subsidy, commodity prices and farming income alone, was always fragile. What is replacing it is more complex, demands more of landowners, and in the right hands, is considerably more resilient.
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Solar farms, battery storage, onshore wind, forestry investment, strategic housing land: these are no longer niche conversations. They are increasingly central to how landowners think about long-term income and capital value. Making sense of them requires a clear head, because the returns are real but so are the pitfalls.
Yorkshire's housing market has always had a certain stubbornness about it. Prices in the South can lurch, sentiment shifts overnight in London, and yet here, things tend to move more deliberately. That is not complacency; it is the product of a market shaped by genuine demand, real supply constraints, and buyers who are largely buying to live rather than to speculate.
According to the Annual House Price Index, compiled by the region’s leading property buying agents, The Property Partnership Group, Yorkshire house prices have remained firm throughout 2025.
As we reach the middle of 2025, we ask the Directors of the Commercial, Land Management and Residential departments what they expect in terms of prices changes in their sectors for the rest of the year and beyond, in Yorkshire and the north.
According to the Annual House Price Index, compiled by the region’s leading property buying agents, The Property Partnership Group, house prices have reduced on average across Yorkshire in 2024.
Toby and Tom set up The Search Partnership in January 2015. Two years ago, the business was rebranded The Property Partnership Group incorporating commercial and land management service lines. They have acquired some of the region’s most sought-after properties for their exclusive list of private clients. Their Marketing Director, Kathryn Wallace, gives an insight into their working lives with a series of questions and answers.
Three years after joining forces with two property professionals that specialise in commercial and rural property, The Search Partnership, has merged with The Commercial Partnership and The Land Management Partnership to form one company - The Property Partnership Group.
On Tuesday, the Government announced a new draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) which is open for consultation until 24th September 2024. The purpose of the consultation is to obtain views on the Government's proposed approach to enabling sustainable growth in the UK’s planning system.
Following detailed analysis of Land Registry data that records transaction levels across North Yorkshire, the region’s leading property buying agent is predicting a recovery in property sales volumes over the next quarter.