76.6% of Faversham Homeowners Who Sold and Moved Home …Never had to do this!
There is a reassuring argument that often surfaces around the kitchen table when a homeowner in Faversham is thinking of moving home. Starting your asking price a little higher to leave some room for negotiation seems on the face of it a great idea. One can always reduce the asking price later if necessary because…
Is Your Sittingbourne Home Hiding a Cost Buyers Cannot Afford to Ignore?
When homeowners in Sittingbourne think about what their property is worth, they usually consider its location, number of bedrooms, condition and garden. Yet there is another detail worth paying attention to: the coloured chart on its Energy Performance Certificate (EPC). An EPC rates a home from A, the most energy efficient, to G, the least.…
Can Faversham First-time Buyers Still Afford Their First Home?
The affordability figures may surprise you… Ask anyone whether first-time buyers can still afford to buy their first home in Faversham and you will often get the same answer: “Not these days”. You can understand why. The typical first-time buyer home in Faversham costs £254,794. For someone trying to save a 5% deposit (£12,740) while…
20% More Sittingbourne Homes For Sale Than 3 Years Ago
The Sittingbourne property market has changed noticeably over the past three years. Buyers now have far more choice with a 20.8% increase in the homes for sale, while sellers face a very different level of competition from their neighbours. That does not mean Sittingbourne homes are not selling, but it does mean buyers can afford…
The Sittingbourne Property Market
Is August a buyers’ or sellers’ market? Knowing what is happening in the property market is really important if you are thinking of moving home in Sittingbourne in the coming few months. It’s also important if you are a Sittingbourne landlord wondering whether you should grow your portfolio or sell off a few properties? Or…
Faversham’s 442 Large Garden Homes:
How Rare Are They and What Are They Worth? For some homebuyers, the kitchen is the deal maker. For others, it is the number of bedrooms, the school catchment or the distance to the railway station. Yet for a sizeable group of buyers, the garden matters just as much as the house itself. Across Faversham…
1 in 8 Sittingbourne Homeowners Cut Their Asking Price
When you have had your property on the market for a while, many sellers eventually face the same difficult decision: whether their asking price needs adjusting to reignite buyer interest. The reason why, over the past few years, the number of homes available across the ME9 and ME10 postcodes has increased significantly. In February 2021…
Swale’s Homes & Their Hidden History
We often discuss the Swale property market through house prices. Yet long before price comes a home’s character. And long before its character comes its age. Every town or city has its own housing fingerprint. Not just streets and postcodes, but a layered history of building booms, social change, and shifting design. Swale is no…
The Myth of the “Kind” Sittingbourne Landlord.
Many Sittingbourne rental problems do not start with bad landlords or difficult tenants. In Sittingbourne, as in many towns across the country, they usually start with good intentions and silence. Silence about rent reviews. Silence about maintenance. Silence about what happens when life changes. Let me give you a scenario I see more often than…
Why Sittingbourne’s Higher-Priced Homes Are Facing Tougher Selling Odds in 2026
When most homeowners decide to put their Sittingbourne home on the market, they assume one thing. The chances their home will sell are very good. After all, why wouldn’t it? You ask an estate agent to place your home on the market, the board goes up, pictures of your home appear on the portals and…
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