Plain-English advice on buying, selling, letting and renting on the Kent coast, written by the people who do it every day.
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.
Read the articleThe 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?
Read the articleThe 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?
Read the articleMargate 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?
Read the articleThanet 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?
Read the articleHow 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.
Read the articleAs 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…
Read the articleWith 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?
Read the articleThe 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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