This has been another year when the market for woodlands of all sorts has been buffeted by forces beyond its control, but despite being tossed about like a cork in a hurricane, it has managed to keep well afloat, writes David Taylor. At a risk of boring you, it is worth restating from the outset that the health of this market, small as it is, depends first and foremost on good old money supply in the economy, and although the Bank of England has progressively raised interest rates over the year, nowclearly peaking as the year closes, there has been no lack of buyers in a very thin market.
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