Plain-English advice on buying, selling, letting and renting on the Kent coast, written by the people who do it every day.
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?
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 articleThis afternoon the Chancellor Rishi Sunak outlined his plans to get England back on track as we come out of the pandemic. Among furlough extensions, extra support for the self-employed and business loan schemes was the welcome news that the stamp duty holiday is being extended.
Read the articleWith most Ramsgate families home schooling their children in lockdown and the forthcoming stamp duty holiday deadline on the 31st March 2021, less Ramsgate properties have been coming onto the Thanet property market in the since the New Year. This has prompted a 20% drop in the supply of ramsgate homes for sale compared to October 2020. Whats Next
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 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.
Read the articleWhat happened to the predicted Thanet house price crash of 15% that didn’t happen in the Summer of 2020? Or the predicted fall of 18% Thanet house prices by the Treasury if we voted to leave the EU at the 2016 Referendum? How will a No Deal Brexit affect the value of your Thanet property?
Read the articleEssential cookies make the site work. With your say-so we also use a few to measure how it is used and to show you Cooke & Co on Facebook. Cookie & privacy policy
Essential cookies keep you signed in, remember your search and stop forms being abused. The rest is up to you.