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26 Mar 2021 2 min read

Everything Thanet Landlords Need To Know About The Looming 1St April 2021 EICR Deadline

In this two-minute read, we look at new rules on electrical safety reports that come into force next month. It’s no joke: landlords who fail to get an Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) for their rental property by 1 April 2021 could face a fine of up to £30,000.

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20 Mar 2021 2 min read

Broadstairs Property Market Improved By 64.2% Over Pre-Pandemic Levels

The Broadstairs property market has improved by 64.2% over pre-pandemic levels, so we have to ask if there has there ever been a better time for Broadstairs property owners?

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11 Mar 2021 4 min read

Half Of Broadstairs Homeowners Move Again Within 7 Years And 24 Weeks – Why?

The average British homeowner moves every 16 years 5 months according to official statistics. These appear to refute a common hypothesis that British neighbourhoods are becoming more transitory and show that, once you have succeeded in buying a property you can call home, there isn’t much motivation to move again. Or is there more to it?

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10 Mar 2021 5 min read

Margate First-Time Buyers Can Now Buy Using The Government's 5% Deposit Mortgages

Margate first-time buyers can now buy their first Margate home using 5% deposit mortgages. Yet higher mortgage rates could see Margate buyers paying a lot more each month for the privilege?

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8 Mar 2021 5 min read

Ramsgate Home Buyers £975,650 Windfall As Stamp Duty Holiday Stretched To September...

Thanet homebuyers were celebrating last week’s extension of the Stamp Duty holiday by the Chancellor until the end of September together with the introduction of 5% deposit mortgages from April. What effect will this have on Thanet house prices and demand for private rented property in Thanet?

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6 Jan 2021 4 min read

Thanet Pensioner Homeowners Are Now Worth £6,836,976,900

How wealth is distributed will always be a contentious issue, especially as the Baby Boomers (those aged between their late 50’s and late 70’s) wealth has grown exponentially over the last 20 years, compared to the wealth of the younger generation.

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25 Dec 2020 1 min read

For A 2021 Sale, Today’S The Day To Start Planning!

As we approach the end of the year and look ahead to a new season in our lives, we start to make resolutions and goals to make the next year our year. High on the list every year is to find and move into a dream home, and 2021 could be the year you make this a reality…

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21 Dec 2020 6 min read

Thanet House Prices 2021: What Will Happen To The Value Of Your Thanet Home Next Year?

With a no deal Brexit on the horizon, the end of the Stamp Duty holiday in March, mortgage payment holidays coming to an end, unemployment set to rise after furlough and ongoing on/off coronavirus restrictions ..what will this do to the Thanet property market and the value of your Thanet home?

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17 Dec 2020 7 min read

Will The Thanet Housing Market Crash In 2021?

The Thanet property market has resisted every Economist’s prediction. With the economy a shadow of its former self, unemployment set to hit 11.9%, the Government on track to borrow nearly half a trillion pounds to pay for Coronavirus support packages etc, all of this has had no effect on Thanet homeowner’s enthusiast to want to move.

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17 Dec 2020 1 min read

The Launch Of The Wonderful Briary Fields Development In Westbrook Margate Kent

An amazing selection of family homes in a superb location. RESERVE YOURS TODAY - HELP TO BUY SCHEME AVAILABLE! Cooke & Co are excited to offer this exclusive development for sale in Briary Fields, Westbrook.

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