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29 Jul 2021 3 min read

Margate Home Moves Hit Record High In June

Margate saw its highest number of monthly home moves in June for over 30 years as 244.2% % more people moved home compared to the Margate area 10-year average. What will this mean for the Margate property market in regard to Margate house prices and the medium-term outlook?

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18 Jul 2021 1 min read

Cooke And Co Interest Only Mortgages What Are The Pros And Cons

Short Video to explain the pros and cons of Interest-only mortgages. Cooke & Co uses an independent financial adviser and if you have any questions then they would be pleased to help, please call us on 01843 231833 or feel free to inbox us.

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17 Jul 2021 6 min read

Why Savvy Ramsgate Buy To Let Landlords Don't Use 10 Year Mortgages And The Reason You Shouldn't

Many Ramsgate buy-to-let landlords fell into property investing by accident. Many didn’t want to sell their family home when the Ramsgate housing market crashed in the Credit Crunch of 2009/10, but still needed to move. Now they have become serious buy-to-let investors. What is the best way to finance them?

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11 Jul 2021 9 min read

Ramsgate Homeowners Profit By £59,980 In Last 5 Years. Bitcoin Investors Would Have Made £11,100,300

Buying your own Ramsgate home has always been seen as a good investment, yet with the rise of cryptocurrency such as bitcoin making eye-watering returns, is this the end of Thanet property as investment? If you are a Ramsgate homeowner (or planning to be one) or a Grantham landlord, then you might find this article of interest to you?”

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7 Jul 2021 3 min read

£678,904 – ‘Wood’ You Pay That For A Broadstairs Semi-Detached House?

The cost of building materials for new homes has grown between 60% and 120% in the last 12 months. This could have serious implications for Broadstairs homeowners and Grantham landlords for the cost of their mortgages and ultimately Broadstairs house prices.

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1 Jul 2021 7 min read

Is Margate Heading Towards A House Price Crash?

The Margate property market has been booming since late Spring 2020. Yet if history has taught us anything, a house price crash is likely to follow, or is it? 2021 is different so please read the article to find out why it’s different and what Margate has in store.

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21 Jun 2021 5 min read

Ramsgate Buy-To-Let Landlords Owed £874,066 In Unpaid Rent. Rogues Or Saviours?

Ramsgate buy-to-let landlords are owed £874,066 in unpaid rent by their tenants. Who is to blame? Could Ramsgate landlords have done more? Why are certain types of Ramsgate landlords harder hit with arrears than others?

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12 Jun 2021 1 min read

The Euros Are Here! How Homes In The UK Compare To Their European Rivals

A two-minute read looking at the price of property across our continent.

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2 Jun 2021 8 min read

Your Great-Great Broadstairs Grandfather Would Only Have Paid £369 18S 0D For His Broadstairs Home In 1871

Would it surprise you even more when I said the ratio of house prices to wages are still lower today when compared to 1871? Yes, you read that correctly, as a proportion of average wages British house prices are 17.6% proportionally cheaper today than they were in 1871.

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18 May 2021 5 min read

Will The Ramsgate Property Market Continue To Boom?

Will the Ramsgate Property Market continue to boom? All the signs are that the Ramsgate housing market is sat on good foundations, yet one key hazard could still scupper the market Read this article if you are a Ramsgate buy-to-let landlord or a Grantham homeowner so you can prepare and not lose out

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