The Government has extended the three year period in which you need to sell your previous home after buying a new one in order to claim a refund for the stamp duty surcharged on second home owners. This surcharge is the extra 3% owners of more than one property have to pay and has bee brought in in recognition of … [Read more...]
Moving to the country: History repeats itself as urbanites flee virus-hit cities for rural retreats
History is repeating itself as city-dwellers flee to the countryside to escape the density of virus breeding grounds and lack of outdoor space. Just as the miasma theories of the 1800s led to the creation of parks as a ‘vital lung’ in London and the well-to-do sought to escape the “Great Stink”; urbanites in the … [Read more...]
Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire Top Holiday Let Location for Yield in 2019
The latest figures released by premium rental agency, Luxury Cottages, have revealed the top locations across the UK for holiday let rental income yields during the last year. The analysis included data from 2,170 postcodes across England and Wales using Land Registry data and booking data from Airdna. The data … [Read more...]
Best Places to See Starry Night Skies from your Garden
Air quality and the effect it can have on property prices is suddenly on the radar of property buyers, but it is not the only form of pollution that is finally being taken seriously. A study by the Light Pollution Science and Technology Institution in Italy suggests that more than a third of the World’s population … [Read more...]
Outlook for the Property Market in South Wales in 2020
The property market is South Wales has been booming since the Brexit referendum and this looks set to continue into 2020 and beyond. Land Registry figure showed house prices in Wales rose more than anywhere else in the UK in the year to January 2019 and these rises have continued unabated throughout this year. In … [Read more...]
Average House Prices Hit New Peak in Wales
Newly released figures from Principality Building Society have shown that Wales continues to buck the trend seen across England as the average house price has climbed to reach a record peak of £191,006 over the last three months. According to the research, house prices have risen in Wales by just over 2% both … [Read more...]
Banking on Water
Living besides rivers, lakes and the sea is a sound investment and aspirational too. This year marks the 130th anniversary of the classic comic novel Three Men in a Boat. Jerome K. Jerome’s inspiration for his story about three chaps on a boating holiday between Kingston and Oxford came from his own trip on the … [Read more...]
Staycation Demand from Visitors to Wales Increases by 33% Boosted by Brexit
The number of domestic tourists from Wales planning to spend more time on holiday in the UK will surge by 32 percent this year; fuelled by millennials looking to escape from their smartphones and social media, according to a report from Barclays Corporate Banking. The report which surveyed more than 2,000 British … [Read more...]
