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If you are a Sittingbourne homeowner or landlord thinking about selling your property, one of the first questions you will ask is simple, how long will it take? The honest answer is that it depends. Location, property type, number of bedrooms, price point and market conditions all play a part. To give Sittingbourne homeowners someContinue reading “It Takes 69 Days to Sell a Home in Sittingbourne”

What this means for Faversham homeowners In 2025, 25.2% of agreed property sales in Faversham did not complete, and this is more important than many homeowners think. In Faversham, where sales chains are often longer and buyers are more sensitive to price, this has a bigger impact. Agreeing a sale has never meant a guarantee,Continue reading “25.2% of Faversham Home Sales Fell Through in 2025What this means for Faversham homeowners”

When you look back at the average rents achieved in Sittingbourne over the last five years, from 2021 through to 2025, a clear pattern emerges. Sittingbourne saw extraordinary growth in rents as the market experienced a period of exceptional pressure post pandemic, yet in the last 12 months, is now settling into something far moreContinue reading “Sittingbourne Rents At £1,222 Per Month”

As we enter a new year, many local homeowners are facing a familiar question. Should they bring their Faversham home to market in January, or wait until the late spring? In recent conversations I have had with Faversham buyers, sellers, and buy-to-let landlords in the run-up to Christmas, one question kept cropping up in relationContinue reading “What Could Happen to Faversham House Prices in 2026?”

The latest 0.25% interest rate cut is not a game changer on its own. On a typical average sized variable mortgage, the monthly saving is modest £31per month. However, the real impact is not the pound notes, it is the mood. Property markets do not run purely on numbers. They run on confidence, expectation, andContinue reading “What will the interest rate drop mean for Swale homeowners?”

As we hit the third week of December, the Sittingbourne property market does slow down ready for the big day. It’s at this time of year, I like to work out the total value of every home in Sittingbourne, and how that value has changed since 2010 (as that was the bottom of the marketContinue reading “Sittingbourne’s Property Market Now Worth £6.207 Billion”

The Chancellor’s Autumn Budget has finally arrived after months of rumour, leaked ideas and speculation. Many households in Faversham had braced themselves for a sweeping new annual tax on homes above £500,000. That proposal has now been dropped, which removes the biggest cloud that had been hanging over the local market. Instead, the Government hasContinue reading “What Will the Budget Mean for Faversham Homeowners and Landlords?”

The Autumn Budget delivered the expected changes to housing and taxation, although the impact will be felt more in sentiment than in immediate cost. The centrepiece was the new annual levy on homes worth more than £2m, due from 2028. Owners of £2m plus homes will pay more and the rest of us will payContinue reading “My Thoughts on the Budget for Swale homeowners & landlords”

A study of this year’s property market and what will happen in 2026? With only a few weeks to go before the end of the year, as a Faversham estate and letting agent, I wanted to share what has happened in both the UK and Faversham property markets in 2025, analysing the trends for FavershamContinue reading “The 2025 Faversham Property Market”

Some homes in Sittingbourne fly off the market within weeks. Others sit for months, attract only a handful of viewings, then quietly disappear from the portals, unsold. The difference isn’t luck, it’s sellability. Would it surprise you that of the 10.94 million homes that have left UK estate agents books since January 2019, only 6.33Continue reading “Which Sittingbourne Homes Actually Sell, and Which Don’t”