The Knight Edmonds Blog

Once upon a time in Maidstone a royal family (or was it the Royle family?) decided they wanted to sell up and move to a bigger castle.They called in two different estate agents who arrived on majestic horses with golden flowing...

We live in a constantly changing digital world.Our phones and computers can do amazing things, and many apps have made life a lot easier.Just look at banking – it used to be a real chore to get something paid in or out, now...

How wealth is distributed will always be a contentious issue, especially as the Baby Boomers (those aged between their late 50’s and late 70’s) wealth has grown exponentially over the last 20 years, compared to the wealth of...

1969 was the first time a human landed on the moon.1954 was the first time a man ran a mile in under 4 minutes.Could 2021 be the first time you buy your own property?There’s a first time for everything in life – including...

In Britain, there are 27,071,500 households, of which 17,044,450 are owned, which are worth a total of £3,925,865,212,950 (£3.92 trillion). Over the last 5 years, an average of 86,096 properties sell each month, meaning just...

We received a call recently from a retired gentleman who had lived in the same house for more than 40 years.He was relocating to be closer to his family and was selling his property for the first time and unsure what to ask...

Over the last six months, the Maidstone Property Market has been flourishing. As soon as an estate agents ‘For Sale’ flag went up, neighbours would be checking out Rightmove to see the internal pictures and compare the asking...

Even before the pandemic hit, the conveyancing work on a typical property sale would usually take between two and three months to complete. COVID-related backlogs are frustrating transactions more than normal, and sellers must act...

What does this mean for Maidstone property owners?With most Maidstone families home schooling their children in lockdown and the forthcoming Stamp Duty Holiday deadline on the 31st March 2021, less Maidstone properties have been...

According to a newspaper report published just before last year’s January deadline, more than 50 per cent of the nation’s stressed out self-employed, leave getting their tax self-assessment form into the HMRC to the very last...