Buying a Maidstone Home is Still £1,599 a Year Cheaper Than Renting
By Matthew PattendenWith mortgage rates tripling over the last 12 months, one could be forgiven for thinking buying a Maidstone home as a first-time buyer would out of the question. Yet, what if I told you, it is £1,599 a year cheaper to buy a...
Maidstone Rental Market Review Q1 2022
By Matthew PattendenAlex Knight & Matthew Pattenden sit down to discuss the goings on in the lettings market acorss the first quarter of 2022. "Rents are now almost 10% up year on year tenant demand up 6% year on year which has ultimately has made...
Will Maidstone buy-to-let continue to be profitable in the next few years?
By Matthew PattendenMaidstone Landlords: Will Maidstone buy-to-let continue to be profitable in the next few years? Being a Maidstone landlord is undoubtedly a challenge. The glory years of making money from ‘any old property’ are certainly in...
WE ARE PROPERTYMARK PROTECTED
By Matthew PattendenWe are proud to have attained several industry accreditations which help us ensure that our service is the best it can possibly be. We are members of Propertymark which means we meet higher industry standards than the law demands...
What will Rishi Sunak as PM mean for Maidstone house prices?
By Matthew PattendenWhat Will Rishi Sunak as PM Mean for Maidstone House Prices? I often get asked what is going to happen to Maidstone house prices. Many things affect house prices, and it comes down to simple supply and demand. On the supply side...
Is Now a Good Time to Buy a Maidstone Home?
By Matthew PattendenThis is the question many people are asking right now, and the answer depends on your circumstances. I pride myself on my ability to provide objective, fact-based information on the Maidstone property market so potential Maidstone...
Maidstone landlord, homeowner & the Autumn budget 2022
By Matthew PattendenThe Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, gave his Autumn Budget 2022 at lunchtime, intending to deal with inflation and keep mortgage rates down for homeowners. In this short and sharp post, I wanted to touch on what this would mean...
Maidstone tenants face further rent hikes, as the number of available rental hom
By Matthew PattendenMaidstone tenants face further rent hikes,as the number of available rental homes drops by 57% The number of properties available to rent in Maidstone has dropped from 649 to 281 since February 2020. The average rent a tenant has...
Falling Maidstone House Prices The Winners & Losers
By Matthew PattendenThe doom and gloom of the national newspaper headlines regarding the UK property market would make you think Armageddon has arrived, this being the second most interesting topic to the Brits (the first being the weather!). So,...
Knight Edmonds Sofa Chats: How the New Prime Minister Has Affected the Housing M
By Matthew PattendenMatthew and Richard sit down to talk about the recent change in Prime Minister and how that could affect the housing market in the UK....