Location: South West
Holiday home tax loophole is ‘a scandal’, says Colliers
The current system allows many second home owners to avoid both council tax and business rates
Buyers splash out 80% more for a waterfront home
The highest waterfront premium is found in the South West, says Knight Frank
Ranked: The top 10 British holiday home locations for HNWIs
Over 50% of Brits want to buy a holiday home in the UK, says Jackson-Stops, as Coutts bank ranks the ten most popular 'staycation' second home locations for its affluent clients
Countrywide loses agency commission case in Dorset
An estate agent should introduce a buyer to the purchase not just the property, rules Weymouth County Court
Humberts announces radical shift ‘from high street to hubs’
175-year-old agency to ditch traditional high street model in favour of "lounge-style hubs", each covering an entire county and managing clients’ homes and lifestyles
RICS expels Dorset estate agent for ‘the most serious type of cartel behaviour’
Disciplinary Panel's report publishes astonishing details of how six local estate agencies allegedly fixed prices
In Pictures: Galliard & Acorn launch luxury school-to-resi scheme in Bath
JV's ambitious conversion of the historic Hope House site is delivering 58 new apartments and townhouses overlooking the UNESCO-protected city
Stamp duty pushes prices down in Britain’s most expensive seaside towns
Sandbanks and Salcombe are still the UK's highest-value seaside towns, despite price dips in the last 12 months
Green light for plans to turn Earl of Cardigan’s ancestral estate into ‘one of the world’s finest mansions’
'Nationally important' project to restore Wiltshire's Tottenham House as a 90,000 square foot single residence gets the thumbs-up...
Bristol’s property market is ‘reaching middle age’
Bristol 'has undeniably punched above its weight over the last decade', says Savills, but now the South West city is 'ready to relax'
Another seaside hotspot revolts against second home owners
90% of residents in the Cornish fishing town of Mevagissey vote to ban outsiders from buying new-builds
Ex-Savills man launches top-end Cornish property agency with an offline focus
Jonathan Cunliffe's new venture champions private listings and quiet marketing