
Advice for First Time Buyers in Maidstone
By Alex Knight on 23rd Feb 20211969 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...

Half of Maidstone Homeowners Move Again Within 5 Years and 31 Weeks – Why?
By Alex Knight on 19th Feb 2021In 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...

Questions to Ask a Maidstone Estate Agent
By Alex Knight on 18th Feb 2021We 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...

The Busiest December for the Maidstone Housing Market Since 2006
By Alex Knight on 11th Feb 2021Over 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...

What Can Maidstone Sellers Do To Complete Before The Stamp Duty Holiday Ends?

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...

20% Drop in Maidstone Homes ‘For Sale’ in Last 4 Months
By Alex Knight on 4th Feb 2021What does this mean for Maidstone property owners?
With most Maidstone families home schooling their children in lockdown and the forthcoming Stamp Duty Holiday...

Selling A Home In Maidstone Shouldn’t Be Taxing
By Alex Knight on 28th Jan 2021According 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...

Maidstone Property Market: Is it Time to Stamp Out Stamp Duty?
By Alex Knight on 25th Jan 2021Most people pay Stamp Duty Tax when they buy a property, house, apartment or other land and buildings over a particular price in the UK. The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak (quickly followed suit by the...

5,571 Maidstone Homeowners to be ‘Unchained’ From Toxic Leasehold Agreements
By Alex Knight on 21st Jan 20215,571 Maidstone Homeowners to be ‘Unchained’ From Toxic Leasehold Agreements in Biggest Shake-up of Property Law in Decades
When William the...

Housing market in Maidstone in 2021 – here are some reasons to be positive
By Alex Knight on 18th Jan 2021While no-one could argue it’s been an ideal start to the year, with a new national lockdown enforced to try and wrestle back control of the second wave of coronavirus, the fact that the property...