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Monthly Archives: May 2019

Chorley Property Blog, Powered by Forbes – 15% more local homes for sale than a year ago

One of the key factors of the health of the local property market is the number of properties for sale at any one time. The issue with housing is that when demand goes up, unlike with a confectionary bar factory, who can add a couple of hours overtime to increase supply/production to satisfy demand, it […]

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Questions to Ask an Estate Agent

We received a call recently from a retired gentleman who had lived in the same house for more than 40 years. He was relocating to be closer to his family and was selling his property for the first time and unsure what to ask agents. The advice we gave him is what we share with […]

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Chorley Property Blog, Powered by Forbes – New Home Building in Chorley 2018 rises to 28.5% above the post Millennium average

Nationally, the number of new homes created in 2018 was 222,194, the highest since 1989. Yet since 2002, the average number of properties built in the UK has only been 146,700 per year. You would think, seeing all the new homes sites around, you could ask are we building too many houses, especially off the […]

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