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The Ashford 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 forecasting a harsh slowdown in the British property market, the number of people buying and selling their homes […]

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 go into 2023, the economic and political turmoil has subdued, offering a greater feeling of stability in money markets. So on the back of that, what is

More Ashford homes are now coming up for sale. This is excellent news for Ashford homebuyers and Ashford landlords because as properties are no longer flying off the shelf as they did last year, the number of properties available to buy is beginning to return to long-term averages. This means there is greater choice for

Some of you reading this will be old enough to remember the 1970s – the bell-bottom trousers, the huge collars, frayed jeans, disco glitter balls, maxi dresses, midi skirts but above everything else – HYPER-INFLATION. With inflation currently standing at 11.1%, many of us envy the last few years when we have been lucky to

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 first being the weather!). So, what is happening in the British property market? As with most things in

The number of properties available to rent in Ashford has dropped from 508 to 260 since February 2020. The average rent a tenant has had to pay in Ashford has risen from £910 to £1,184 since February 2020. Many Ashford landlords have cashed in on the post-lockdown property boom of the last two years and

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 Ashford property market so potential Ashford house sellers, landlords and buyers can make the best decision for themselves. My role is to educate the potential Ashford

I often get asked what is going to happen to Ashford house prices. Many things affect house prices, and it comes down to simple supply and demand. On the supply side of the equation, in the short-term, the number of people wanting to sell their property at any one time has a massive effect on

Could the humble ‘granny annexe’ help solve the Ashford housing crisis for mature homeowners? Most Ashford homeowners born before 1960 have been in their homes for more than 25 years. Yet of all the properties sold in the UK since the first lockdown in the summer of 2020, 50% of those property owners had only

Will Ashford buy-to-let continue to be profitable in the next few years? Being an Ashford landlord is undoubtedly a challenge. The glory years of making money from ‘any old property’ are certainly in the past. With increased legislation and taxation from Government and the cost-of-living crisis (which will result in some Ashford tenants struggling to