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Local pet policy should be implemented nationwide
Mar 15, 2022

In October 2021, Maidstone Borough Council introduced a policy that keeps the homeless and their pets together under one roof. We believe it should now go nationwide. For more information, read the article.

Radio 4’s Moral Maze asks ‘what is our countryside for?’
Mar 3, 2022

Radio 4's Moral Maze asks 'What is our countryside for?'. I was recently asked to be a witness to support housing in the countryside. To do this, I did quite a lot of research and thought it would be useful to highlight how ridiculous the call is that developers are ‘concreting’ over Britain. My key point is that we have a housing crisis in the UK – but one that is rarely properly defined. The true housing crisis isn’t greedy landlords and developers, who are often blamed, it’s simple - read my article to find out more and listen to Kate Faulkner again.

Property price report from Kate Faulkner - February 2022
Feb 16, 2022

The big question this month is how long can the price growth we are seeing go on for? Eventually, it just has to run out of steam, but so far this year, we are still motoring, mainly due to a lack of stock and keen buyers still happy to pay ‘top dollar’ for the property they want. However, it’s important to note that despite the flurry of articles by the media on how bad this is for first time buyers’ affordability, that property price inflation isn’t the same for all. Read my article to find out more.

Planning reforms in England: Looking back on a busy 2020 and 2021
Feb 9, 2022

It’s safe to say that many predictions made about the start of this decade turned out to be worthless. But it’s also true – as many people have said – that some of the ways that the COVID-19 crisis affected the world accelerated what was already happening rather than reversing their course. We’re going to look back on how that has all played out in the English planning system.

January 2022 - property price report from Kate Faulkner
Jan 19, 2022

How on earth we ended up with property prices up year on year by 6-10% after the crazy growth we saw in 2020, I kind of have no idea – and certainly my predictions of a fall in growth year on year back to around 3% (not in prices) didn’t pan out! However, it’s likely that 2022 will see much more muted growth for several reasons. Read more to find out what's happening to property prices in your area.