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Did you know 4,606 Hastings homeowners are considering selling their Hastings home between now and the summer of 2023? Reports in the press suggest 1 in 5 homeowners are considering moving home in the next 18 months. This will change the dynamics of selling your home in Hastings, meaning there are certain matters that you, …

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The Housing Minister, Chris Pincher, has suggested older homeowners are “rattling around” in their homes as they are too big for them. He implied they are selfish and should sell up and move to a retirement home when he spoke to a committee in the House of Lords. He stated that many British homes are …

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In recent articles on the Hastings property market, we have been talking a lot about house prices over the last 12 months and 5 years in Hastings. When it comes to newspapers talking about the property market, the headline most people look at is what is happening to house prices. However, as 2 in 3 …

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How far would you go to help your child get on in the world? Many Hastings parents move area to ensure their child gets into the best primary school or fund their university costs. Many of you reading this have even helped your children with the deposit for their first home from savings. However, I …

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The ‘Buy-To-Let’ (BTL) mortgage is celebrating its Silver Anniversary (25 years) this autumn. Isn’t it fascinating that a decision between a group of letting agents and bankers all that time ago to offer BTL mortgages has changed the face of the Hastings (and national) property market? But has it been a good thing? Or has …

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he stamp duty holiday is over, furlough finished at the end of September, unemployment is due to rise and inflation is rife … is this the end of the post lockdown Hastings property boom? Surely, we are heading for house price correction? Forecasting what will happen in the Hastings property market this autumn may not …

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