Homes & Gardens

Our homes play such an important role on so many levels. For one thing, they are where we live. Our safe space and harbor, a place where we raise our family and build our future. But they are also huge financial investments into our future, because homes are one of the very few things that will always gain in value - provided you don’t let them just rot away. So it makes all the sense in the world to constantly invest in your home, both to make it a better place for you to live, and to add value to it when you decide to sell it on. So what are the best investments that will make your home...

A new virtual property auction facility has been launched in Exeter offering Westcountry based clients an exclusively online approach to buying and selling land and property.

247 Property Auctions is a RICS regulated firm of auctioneers and offers users a convenient and flexible approach to buying and selling land and property through its easy to use online auction platform. The 247 Property Auctions’ team also works directly in partnership with estate agents and commercial agents, enabling these businesses the opportunity to offer online auctions as an expansion of their...

The natural order of venturing into adulthood is that you feel like you’ve made it when you’re able to invest in a property. Whether it’s to have a home to call your own, or to put your savings into a wise investment, buying property is never going to go out of fashion. Buying a property is an extremely important decision that has a lot of risks involved and if you’re not conducting thorough research about the property and area you’re buying into, you might end up regretting that decision for a very long time.

Getting the help of a buyer’s advocate service can help you make an...

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc through the British economy, a number of measures have been introduced by the government in a bid to keep the economy moving. One such move has been the decision by Chancellor Rishi Sunak to announce a stamp duty holiday at the beginning of June. In doing so, the stamp duty threshold has seen an increase from £125,000 to £500,000 and for places such as the county of Devon, this is music to many peoples’ ears.

This increase in the threshold means savings of up to £15,000 for anyone moving in Devon. The county itself is already a...