Blog: Maidstone

Maidstone's Restless Homeowners: The 4 Year, 2 Week Itch in the Maidstone Housing Market There are 28.4m households in Britain, of which 17,693,200are owned, worth a total of £5,127,807,837,600 (£5.1 trillion). When you add all...

As we settle into the first few weeks of 2024, you may contemplate moving home. Whether it’s a quest for more bedrooms or reception rooms, a desire for a larger garden, a view, a move closer to the countryside, or downsizing,...

1 in 4.9 Maidstone Homes are in the Private Rented Sector. As Maidstone strides into the future, the burgeoning private rented sector has continued to house many of its residents. In 2011, 15.9% of homes in Maidstone were in the

How the 27.6% Saleability Drop in the Maidstone Property Market Might Impact Your 2024 Home Moving Plans! The Maidstone housing market, like many others, has experienced a notable shift in 2023. The percentage of home sales agreed...

Unveiling the Secrets of Maidstone's Housing Market: Insights from the 2021 Census The property market is one of the most important economic indicators, as it can significantly impact the prosperity of both the local and national...

Maidstone homeowners – do you know how big your Maidstone home is? What is the square footage of your Maidstone home? Don’t worry, most of us don't - yet it could be fundamental as Maidstone home buyers search for new homes....

The share of Brits moving each year has been declining since the late 1980s (when at one stage, people moved every eight years), yet since the pandemic's beginning, something has appeared to upset that trend. Newspaper stories and...

Over the last five years, life has become a little trickier for Maidstone landlords, with changes to their taxation status, mortgage interest relief and an additional 3% stamp duty for a buy-to-let property and has made lots of...

An additional 7,611 spare bedrooms have been locked out of the Maidstone housing market since 2011 as Britain’s ageing population means the country’s stock of homes is being used more unproductively. The number of spare...

In her first conference speech as the Tory's new leader in 1975, the grocer’s daughter from Grantham, Margaret Thatcher, asserted her conviction in a ‘property-owning democracy’. Although Thatcher didn't conceive the saying...