UK property investment magazineSaturday, 25 July 2026
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UK Avg House Price £278,024 ▼ 0.6% MoM2yr Fixed 3.96% ▲ 0.91ppBoE Base Rate 3.75% Avg Rental Yield 6.1% Updated weeklyUK Avg House Price £278,024 ▼ 0.6% MoM2yr Fixed 3.96% ▲ 0.91ppBoE Base Rate 3.75% Avg Rental Yield 6.1% Updated weekly

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Geoff Marlow spent 34 years teaching history in Ipswich and planned a quiet retirement. Instead the 68 year old runs three Airbnb cottages in Southwold, one of the most contested holiday let markets in England, where second-home premiums and local resentment run high.
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Geoff Marlow: ‘Three cottages out-earn my teaching pension, and I feel slightly guilty’

Owner and host, Marlow Coastal Cottages

Geoff Marlow spent 34 years teaching history in Ipswich and planned a quiet retirement. Instead the 68 year old runs three Airbnb cottages in…