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Should you buy now or wait for the bargains?   Many commentators believe we have seen the peak of the Ashford property market. So, should savvy bargain hunters wait for Ashford house prices to fall? Or could postponing your house buying for any anticipated Ashford house price drop be a costly mistake? Over the last […]

The total value of homes owned by Baby Boomers in Ashford alone is £3,273,079,968 – and two-thirds of the Ashford Millennials are set to inherit all that in the next few decades! Could this be the answer to the housing crisis? Could Ashford Millennials live it up for the next few decades, safe in the

“Tell me what is happening to the Ashford property market”, asked the friend of a friend at a recent do I went to in Ashford (after finding out I was an agent in Ashford). I always reply, “It depends if you are buying, selling or both”. The Ashford property market is like a seesaw. For

Even though the average value of an Ashford first-time buyer property has risen by 311.6% since 1989 to £271,960, the monthly payments Ashford first-time buyers must make on their mortgages as a proportion of their take-home pay is 42.9% less today compared to 1989. Today, according to the Nationwide Building Society …     the

Could the high levels of mortgages that Ashford people take out cause another property crash? Many Ashford homeowners and landlords have been contacting me recently and asking what will happen to the Ashford (and the UK) property market? More specifically, will we have a repeat of the 2008/9 Credit Crunch property crash? High mortgage payments

248 of the 737 properties on the market in the Ashford area have had a price reduction in the last 3 months. The average reduction has been 5% of the original asking price. This is great news for Ashford home buyers and Ashford buy-to-let landlords, strangely Ashford house sellers as well. The last couple of

The Ashford property market is on the verge of a ‘tipping point’. The rate of house price growth has started to ease with a reduction in the number of properties that will sell in Ashford in the coming 12 to 18 months. Yet, rising interest rates and the cost-of-living issues won’t knock everybody out of

Well, what a weekend that was. Street parties, gatherings in the park, the purple bunting, egg and cress sandwiches, union jack flags, cheese and pineapple on cocktail sticks, and let’s not forget the trifle – the Platinum Jubilee Party. And no decent party is worth its salt without a game or a quiz. So, if

Inflation (and recessions) can be nerve racking for people and their hard-earned savings and wealth. Yet there are six reasons which make investing in private rental properties a potentially wise investment in these changeable times. This article looks at how investing in Ashford property could help you ‘hedge’ against inflation and protect your savings and

BOOK A VALUATION Click Book a Valuation for a Free Property Valuation So why do you need a valuation for your Ashford property? You might already think you have a pretty good idea of the value of your property. After all, you know what the neighbours sold theirs for, and aside from their hideous yellow