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The best value places to buy property in the countryside – where prices are rising fastest
You can get more house for your money in the countryside, but with prices rising post-Covid this value gap may not last much longer
22 February 2021 • 6:00am
South Shields, which has a popular beach, offers particularly good value
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Home buyers used to flee to the countryside to get more for their money and avoid eye-watering city prices.
Yet the demand for more space since the pandemic started meant that prices for high-end country homes surged by 4pc in 2020, according to property firm Knight Frank. That is the fastest rate of increase in more than six years.