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Farmers Weekly and Cornwall Live report on new data revealing how rural families are being deprived of housing by a 1,000% surge in the number of short-term lets and holiday properties, according to countryside charity CPRE The findings revealed...
The Telegraph reports on the division between more deprived rural areas of the country like Cornwall, where it sets out the “contrast between the luxury hotels and the many on benefits and at food banks” The article explains that...
An article in the Guardian sets out that rural areas are reportedly suffering from an undersupply of affordable housing due to the rise of second home ownership The sudden rise in demand of rural homes is amplifying an already...
The Guardian has recorded their views on second homes and urge main homes to be put first An editorial piece in the newspaper, available at this link , sets out some of the difficulties experienced by a...
The BBC reports that concerns regarding second homes in rural areas is growing, with the pandemic increasing tensions The report notes that second home owners have “long stood accused of pushing up property prices, leaving homeownership beyond the reach...
The Guardian has reported that city dwellers seeking an escape to the country or a second home in rural areas are ‘warping’ regional economies Since the end of lockdown house sales have risen dramatically in areas such as Wales,...
The Conversation, an online publication that publishes academic articles, published data from genetics professor Tim Spector’s COVID-19 symptom tracker app which suggests that people leaving the city for the countryside have unwittingly packed the virus with them The article...
The below analysis uses the Calculation of Council Tax Base 2019 published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government to examine the composition of house values of second homes (applying the Council Tax Bands) within local authority areas....
The attached analysis uses the Calculation of Council Tax Base 2019 published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government to calculate the proportion of dwellings on the Valuation List that are classed as second homes. The proportion for...
The Government has launched a review of a tax loophole under which the owners of second homes register their properties as businesses in order to gain small business rate relief. Coverage, including in the East Anglia Daily Times, highlighted...
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