
18th June 2025
Second home tax forces owner of £425,000 to sell for £325,000
A homeowner cannot sell her cottage despite discounting it by £100,000 because of anti-second home taxes. The Falmouth Packet newspaper reports that travel writer Debbie Pugh-Jones had her home near Fowey valued at £425,000 during Covid but after a series of recent price cuts is now asking £325,000 – yet still hasn’t...