
Maidstone’s Over-50s Wealth Hits Record High as Generational Property Gulf Grows

The Maidstone property market is proving increasingly difficult for some younger Maidstone buyers, but mature homeowners have benefitted immensely from rising house prices in the last few decades.
How wealth is spread...

Maidstone Property Market Is now a good time to buy, or should people wait?

As we go into the second quarter of 2023, there is significant uncertainty in the UK economy, leading to uncertainty in the property market.
The number one issue is the fight against inflation and the cost-of-living...

Why Does it Still Take 136 Days to Buy a Maidstone House?

As an experienced Maidstone estate agent, I have seen many Maidstone homeowners frustrated by how long it takes to buy and sell their property and complete the sale.
In this article, I will explain why buying and selling...

Unveiling the Secrets of Maidstone's Housing Market: Insights

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...

Is it Now or Never for the Maidstone Property Market?

Traditionally, the first four months of the year are usually an estate agents’ busiest time for house sales. However, if the last three years have taught us anything, nothing is...

Cautious Optimism in the Maidstone Property Market

As the British and Maidstone property market navigates the ongoing economic turmoil, many Maidstone homeowners and landlords may feel uncertain about the future.
However, up-to-date data suggests that the 2023...

Is your Maidstone home bigger than 990 sq ft?

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...

50% of Maidstone house sellers in 22 had only been in their old home on average

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...

Maidstone Baby Boomers and their 2,935 Spare ‘Spare’ Bedrooms

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.

Thatcher’s Dream Smashed as Homeownership in Maidstone Drops

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...

Maidstone Property Market Holding up Despite Doom and Gloom in the Newspapers

The Maidstone housing market over the last three months is now becoming more ‘normal’ after the last couple of years of insane demand when the lockdowns started a race for space!
Even with the blackening economic...

What Will Happen to the Maidstone Property Market in 2023?

What Will Happen to the Maidstone Property Market in 2023?
The autumn of 2022 saw economic and political instability with the resignation of Boris Johnson as Prime Minister and the...

The Grantham property market has changed in the last 12 months

76% more Maidstone homes are on the market today than a year ago
More Maidstone homes are now coming up for sale.
This is excellent news for Maidstone homebuyers and...

Falling Maidstone House Prices The Winners & Losers

The 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...

Is Now a Good Time to Buy a Maidstone Home?

This 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...

What will Rishi Sunak as PM mean for Maidstone house prices?

What Will Rishi Sunak as PM Mean for Maidstone House Prices?
I often get asked what is going to happen to Maidstone house prices.

Could the ‘granny annexe’ help solve the Maidstone housing crisis for homeowners

Maidstone Property Market:
Could the humble ‘granny annexe’ help solve the Maidstone housing crisis for mature homeowners?
Most Maidstone homeowners born before 1960 have been in their homes for more than 25...

Lightening Quick - Beacon Avenue, Kings Hill
By Alex Knight on 3rd May 2022We were instructed to market Beacon Avenue at the end of January and quickly deployed our expert photographer and scheduled an open house a few days later we had secured a sale, secured with a reservation agreement for £10,000...

Buying a Maidstone Home is Still £1,599 a Year Cheaper Than Renting

With 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,...