Second Home is your dedicated category for exploring vacation homes, lifestyle properties, and investment opportunities in top domestic and international destinations. Whether you’re looking for a beachside villa, a mountain retreat, or a city apartment, this is the place to discover your perfect home away from home.
Owning a property can offer both personal enjoyment and long-term financial benefits. From sun-soaked Mediterranean coasts to tranquil countryside escapes, this type of accents are ideal for family holidays, rental income, or future relocation.
Browse exclusive listings, get expert tips on buying second home abroad, and stay informed about legal, tax, and financing considerations. Your next escape – or smart investment – starts here.
The property platform Rightmove has started integrating artificial intelligence tools to help agents reach more customers. There are four developments, two of which are customer-facing and two agent-facing. For customers…
The main reason the government is missing the 1.5 million housebuilding target is a lack of demand, rather than the root cause being a lack of workers. That is according…
Housebuilder Bellway has proposed developing a 32-acre site in Framlingham, to the East Suffolk District Council. The plan is to develop the land east of Woodbridge Road into 135 new…
Emily Grapes, senior planner, Carter Jonas Urban regeneration in action At the East Prop Awards in June, the East Barnwell regeneration project in Cambridge was named Future Project of the…
Property investment firm HomeNow has secured £65m of funding to expand its rent-to-own housing model. With the money HomeNow is targeting building 800 affordable rent-to-own homes in the next two…
The government has made financial literacy a compulsory subject across primary and secondary school in England, the government has announced. This will encompass mortgages, money management, budgeting and compound interest,…
Shawbrook has expanded the use of Automated Valuation Models (AVMs) in a bid to reduce completion times. This applies to properties up to 75% loan-to-value, while it will include light…
The Mortgage Works (TMW) has slashed buy-to-let rates for new and existing customers by up to 0.30%, with rates starting from 2.64% – ahead of the Bank of England making…
Economic uncertainty, regulatory changes and planning delays have all caused construction activity to slow down across the UK in the third quarter of 2025, the RICS UK Construction Monitor research…
Colliers has urged Labour to abandon charging larger firms higher business rates in the Autumn Budget, which it argues could stymie economic growth and hamper the high street. The government…