Values in the prime country house market have fallen by less than 1 per cent.
"It's what I would call prime, prime country house territory".
And, possibly, the fact that prime country houses recorded a 6.5 percent drop in price year-over-year.
According to Knight Frank's prime country house index, average prices in Britain fell 3 percent in the last quarter of 2011 and a further half a percent in the first quarter of 2012.
According to Country Life, about 20 prime country houses worth more than £2m each have been been sold in the north alone over the past two years.
Liam Bailey, head of residential research for the Knight Frank real estate agency, said: "In normal times, the prime country house market would follow the growth cycle set by the central London market, with a lag of around 18 months.
(The value of high-end homes have risen somewhat less sharply; "prime" country properties have doubled since 1994, said Atty Beor-Roberts, the chairman of the central region at Knight Frank).
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