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Legislation Update

As with every year, the recent Queen’s Speech set out the government’s agenda for the next parliamentary session. This included outlining its plans to grow the economy and cut the cost of living, among other initiatives.

Traditionally, this has also been an opportunity for the government to update the property sector on the status of existing legislation and proposals for new legislation. The only deviation from tradition was that this year it was delivered by Prince Charles!

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You do not have to use the estate agent you bought your rental property from to manage it.

When you buy a new property to let, it can seem a good idea to keep the management with the estate agent you just bought it from but, have you considered that they might not really be set up as a lettings agency and are actually mostly sales driven? If the property was managed by another lettings agency before the sale, shouldn’t you check them out first?

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Rental property listings will require additional details by 31st May

Trading Standards and the government have jointly announced compulsory new data which must appear on property listings.

From 31st May this year, a property’s council tax band or rate (for lettings and sales) and the property price and tenure information (for sales) must be included on all property listings. This applies to individual landlords advertising their properties to let as well as those advertised by lettings agents.

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Local property market report – What is hot in Kent, what are the buying/developing trends

In this article, we look at where the hottest property markets are in Kent as well as places where significant developments are planned for investors to keep an eye on.

In terms of house price growth, Margate in Thanet is still top of the list with house prices more than doubling over the last decade.

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Kent Property News

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House prices in Kent – what is the market doing right now?
Everyone is aware by now that house prices in the UK have been rising at a rapid rate in recent months and indeed for several years (excluding the early stages of the pandemic). However, six popular towns in Kent have seen amongst the highest sustained rises in the UK over the last decade.

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