An influx of cash-rich Londoners to Kent has left many locals fearing they and their families will be priced out of buying homes in the towns they grew up in. As concerns over gentrification grow, reporter Chantal Weller reveals how the number of properties being sold for seven-figure sums along the coast has exploded in recent years… Whether it be working from home or more conscientious hand-washing, the Covid pandemic had a lasting impact on everyone. But in Kent, particularly along stretches of the coast, the lockdowns resulted in another huge change – a boom in the sale of million-pound pr…