What we have learned in the first month? From talking to most of the Chorley estate and letting agents and our own findings, it might surprise many of you that new enquiries from homebuyers, tenants, landlords and home sellers have been at record levels since lockdown was lifted from the property market in mid-May. There […]
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Isn’t it funny that nobody boasts they are a buy to let landlord anymore? Roll the clock back to the early millennium and you couldn’t go to the local golf club or shop at a Tesco without someone dropping buy to let into the conversation as easily and as often as the weather. Yet now, […]
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Despite Government regulations that have been in place since the 26 March 2020, when in-person viewings were made illegal, Chorley’s buy to let landlords have during that time been chomping at the bit to build their property empire by looking at buying additional properties for their local buy to let portfolio. There are plenty of investors […]
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Should you wait to buy your first home in Chorley or buy now? What sort of mortgages are available? What sort of deposit is required? These are questions all local buyers are asking at the moment, yet this week I would like to focus on first-time buyers and what it means directly and indirectly to […]
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Before the Covid-19 pandemic hit, 1,360 Chorley people worked mainly from home, or about 7.9% of Chorley’s 17,314 workforce (compared to the national average of 14.9%). Yet over the last few weeks, many hundreds more Chorley workers have joined them in their spare rooms or at their kitchen or dining room tables. Amongst warnings from […]
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Chorley Electricians are going to very busy in the next 13 months as they will have to test the electrics of every private rented property in Chorley and potentially may have to install new fuse boards and wiring in some circumstances. New regulations set out in the Housing and Planning Act 2016 gave the Secretary […]
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So now we are only a matter of a couple of weeks into lockdown, yet can you believe it I am still speaking with agents from all over the UK, and I do not jest, properties are still being sold and let even in these unprecedented times. Yet I would like to address the question […]
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The last three or four weeks, unquestionably, have been one of the most life-changing times we have seen since WW2. The imminent threat of the Coronavirus has taken over the world, the UK, Chorley and will challenge you, our families, our relationships and test us all. The drive of this worldwide action of social distancing […]
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Even though the new legislation was placed on hold because of the recent General Election, it is expected the Government will start fining around half of all UK local authorities for failing to build enough new homes as Westminster starts to force local authorities to build more homes with the new laws. The Conservative Government […]
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One of the most often asked questions we receive from home sellers is how to best prepare their home for sale to allow them the best possible chance of selling quickly and for the highest price… Here are our top 7 tips to prepare your home this spring… Declutter – firstly have a really good look […]
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