50% of Maidstone house sellers in 22 had only been in their old home on average
By Matthew PattendenThe 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...
Maidstone Baby Boomers and their 2,935 Spare ‘Spare’ Bedrooms
By Matthew PattendenAn 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...
Thatcher’s Dream Smashed as Homeownership in Maidstone Drops
By Matthew PattendenIn 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...
Maidstone Property Market Holding up Despite Doom and Gloom in the Newspapers
By Matthew PattendenThe 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 doom-mongers...
What Will Happen to the Maidstone Property Market in 2023?
By Matthew PattendenWhat 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 ill-fated Liz Truss 44-day premiership. Now as we...
The Grantham property market has changed in the last 12 months
By Matthew Pattenden76% 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 Maidstone landlords because as properties are no longer flying...
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,...
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...
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...
Could the ‘granny annexe’ help solve the Maidstone housing crisis for homeowners
By Richard LongMaidstone 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 years. Yet of all...