Editorial Features
We hope you will enjoy reading some of the editorial features we have pulled together for our readers, including recipes from world renowned chef Emily Scott, who describes what was it like emerging from the kitchen at the end of the meal to greet diners including then UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel! Her story on page 46 and some recipes can be found pages on P52 (potatoes with spinach and clotted cream), P. 54 (roast chicken with chorizo, garlic and rosemary) and on P. 56 (blackberry and peach crisp). In addition we also have varied editorial including, an interview with Cillian Murphy about playing Oppenheimer in the recently released film on pages 40 to 43, some interesting insight into the unusual birds you may spot in your garden in summer on page 16 and how Beekeeping has gone viral on pages 60 . For the car enthusiast we have a First Drive of Lotus Eletre by Jack Evans, PA Motoring reporter on pages 72 to 75.
Emily Scott
Amanda John
Cillian Murphy
House Market Insight - Continued Resilience, with wise buyers thinking about next years prices
Since our last months magazine issue the house market has remained broadly the same, with house sellers more realistic on price and plenty of buyers willing to secure their dream home, seemingly conscious that house prices next year could be on the move up again.
For the immediate months ahead the market will be impacted by the likelihood that The Bank of England will raise interest rates again despite UK inflation cooling, so this factor alone will stop any market rebound and keep prices static.
This resilience in the market is no doubt underpinned by the labour market conditions, but buyer caution is unlikely to be calmed until they can gauge where the new peak in the bank rate will be, but in the meantime savvy buyers are cashing in on the buying opportunities available in this years market, which they perceive are unlikely to be around this time next year. The residential letting market is in very good shape with plenty of tenant demand, and properties are being snapped up by eager tenants in all price sectors from £1,000 p.c.m to £15,000 p.c.m. If you need market insight at any time in 2023, just go to our web site and ask your nearest branch for a free no obligation house price appraisal. We hope you enjoy reading this August edition of In The Country & Town and we look froward to the following edition in September when we will give our readers further market insight and will again showcase some of the finest properties for sale or to let.
John Holden - Chairman McCarthy Holden
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