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Market in Minutes: UK Farmland Market Q1

Values in England fell by 0.4% in Q1 primarily due to reduced arable values in the East

■ 20,750 acres were publicly marketed across Great Britain in the first quarter of 2016. This is similar to the first quarter of 2015, and 15% greater than the past five-year average.

■ The fall in values across Great Britain of 0.4% between January and March 2016 hides a number of dynamics in the market.

■ Values in Scotland and Wales are stable despite large changes in the amount of land for sale – up 50% in Scotland and 56% in Wales.

■ In England, values fell by 0.4%, primarily due to reduced arable land values in the East, supply was also lower with 16% less land offered than during the first quarter of last year.

■ Over the next three to four years we expect values to be much more varied than in the past five years, and depend greatly on location, quality and amenity.

■ Despite being in an uncertain period for agricultural returns, there are many compelling reasons that motivate farm ownership, as well as a wide variety of competing uses for this finite resource, which will continue to provide underlying support to amenity values.

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