We’re often asked at Forbes Estate Agents how people can add value to their home. And there are plenty of ways. Some relatively cheap and easy, some costly and more difficult. Most of know that building an extension or installing new kitchens and bathrooms adds value. But they fall it into the costly and time-consuming […]

The foundations of the Chorley Property Market over the summer have continued to be principally sound; yet the existing political macroclimate means that the critical element of consumer confidence has been reduced and that is triggering some potential local property buyers and house sellers to falter slightly and hang fire-making any firm decisions on property. […]

It’s the 1st calendar day of Autumn today which some would say is the most important selling season of the year…and we agree. Why…because September and October are much busier months of the year for homebuyers than November and December. So, Winter Is Really Coming and it is important to secure a buyer before then. […]

The need for more homes has always been one of the biggest issues with regard to the country’s housing crisis.  One of the main reasons for families wanting to move home is the need for more accommodation as their families grow and so in 2013 and 2015, the planning permission rules were relaxed to try […]

Forbes Estates Published by Paul Forbes · August 11 at 12:01 PM ·  * The new Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has said he is considering stamp duty reform during his premiership * Changes to stamp duty can have a big impact on cooling or stimulating the level of activity in the UK housing market. Measures he has aired publicly […]

Looking back at the 75th Anniversary of the D-Day landing a few months ago, it reminded me of the huge changes that have happened to Chorley and more specifically the local property market since WW2. Back in 1946, the average wage in Chorley was just over £5 a week and to buy an average car […]

Improving the energy efficiency of Britain’s 27.2 million homes, which are responsible for more than a quarter of the country’s CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions, is seen as key to tackling the issues of climate change, fuel poverty and our country’s energy security. This is particularly important as in June the Government announced they […]

Buying or selling a property can sometimes be stressful. It can even cause you sleepless nights. At Forbes Estate Agents we do all we can to insulate our clients from any unnecessary stress. Our years of experience in helping people to move homes means there’s hardly anything we’ve not come across and dealt with successfully […]

The average homeowner in the UK moves every 20.2 years… That average in the 1970’s and 80’s was around every 10 to 11 years; in the 1990’s it increased to the mid-teens (in terms of years) and in the early part of the Millennium, it dropped again to the low teens. When we had the […]

Would it surprise you to know that in some parts of Chorley, predominantly prosperous areas with high proportions of mature residents, the housing crisis is not one of supply so much as dispersal of that supply? Theoretically, in Chorley there are more than enough bedrooms for everyone – it’s just they are disproportionately spread among […]