5 Reasons Why LOCAL High Street Estate Agents are Better Than DIY Internet Estate Agents There doesn’t seem to be a week going by that a new online call centre based estate agency opens offering unbelievable services at quarter of the price, implying their service is just as good as the so called ‘expensive’ high […]

LANDLORDS – 21.4% of All Chorley Properties were Bought Without a Mortgage in the Last 7 Years.  For most Chorley people, a mortgage is the only way to buy a property. However, for some, especially Chorley homeowners who have paid off their mortgage or Chorley buy to let landlords, many have the choice to pay […]

Chorley property blog – powered by Forbes.  Around this time last year, a poll came out from YouGovshowing what the most popular resolutions were among people in the UK. The top ten below haven’t really changed for the past five years. But we’d hazard a bet to suggest some people will want to cut down […]

Live in Chorley? About to Retire and Privately Rent? You Could be £2,500 a Year Worse Off! You read the personal finance pages of the newspapers and it all seems to be the impending pensions crisis … where people aren’t saving enough for their retirement. But it’s not the lack of Chorley peoples’ future pension […]

We’re a musical bunch at Forbes Estates, or some of us like to think we are. Which means we love a bit of carol singing and festive songs on loop in our office. Have you got your Christmas list ready? I don’t ask Santa for much, in fact All I Want for Christmas is (A […]

Chorley ‘Home Owning’ Movers and Shakers in 2018 It’s now commonly agreed amongst economists and the general public that the dramatic rise in Chorley property prices of the last six years has come to an end. Read the National newspapers, and they talk of doom and gloom in the British housing market with such things […]

5 First Time Buyers Tips.   1969 was the first time a human landed on the moon. 1954 was the first time a man ran a mile in under 4 minutes. Could 2019 be the first time you buy your own property? There’s a first time for everything in life – including buying your first […]

When the shopping phenomenon Black Friday crashed upon these shores from our cousins across the Atlantic it was seen as retail heaven by many. Prices slashed pretty much everywhere on everything and the best part was its timing. Black Friday or Noir Vendredi as it would be referred to in France (do they even have […]

14 Steps to protect your home from burglars: As the nights draw in and the days get shorter what’s on your mind? Thinking ahead and planning for Christmas? Thinking of putting your house on the market? Researching better electric and gas deals before the cold weather comes rolling? Or maybe you’re one of these people […]