Making the decision to sell your home and move is a big one. Whatever the reason whether it’s downsizing, needing more space, wanting a better area, or to be closer to excellent schools it’s life changing. Once you’ve made the decision to move you have another big question to address. How do I sell my […]
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The Biggest Question Home Sellers Need to Ask
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Dos and don’ts – advice for Property Investors and Landlords
Investing in property has always been viewed as a fantastic way to make money, but with lots of changes occurring in the property market, buy-to-let is much tougher than it once was. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t invest. Follow the Forbes Estate Agents dos and don’ts to help navigate the property minefield and make […]
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Chorley & Leyland Property Blog – Is it Time to ‘Plan’ to Get the Builders In?
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 has gone on record with an ambition to build 300,000 new homes each year […]
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HOW TO AVOID A HOME INSURANCE HORROR SHOW!
Escaping an Insurance Nightmare on Your Street. In this two-minute read, we look at how you can avoid scary problems with your home and buildings insurance. AND the essential items people regularly forget to cover. It’s scare season again and few things are more chilling than discovering your home isn’t correctly insured. Buildings and contents […]
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Chorley, Leyland & Preston Property Market: Could the humble ‘granny annexe’ help solve the local housing crisis for mature homeowners?
Could the humble ‘granny annexe’ help solve the local housing crisis for mature homeowners? Most local homeowners born before 1960 have been in their homes for more than 25 years. Yet of all the properties sold in the UK since the first lockdown in the summer of 2020, 50% of those property owners had only […]
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Seven Steps to Landlord Success in just 60 seconds…
Below is a seven-step guide for landlords to help make renting their property a success. 1) Get Valuations. So, you have a property to rent? We suggest calling in three different agencies to compare prices, people and approach. 2) Choosing an Agent. Look for local experience, integrity and proven success. 3) Marketing Matters. How and […]
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Who Should Do Your Property Viewings?
Your property is on the market and requests to view it have started rolling in. What do you do next? The objective of any viewing is to give potential buyers the opportunity to get a close up view of your property in the hope they like what they see and make you an offer. But […]
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Five Tips to Avoid a House of Horrors…
In this spooktacular article, we look at five things you want to avoid when selling your home. This infamous five will have prospective buyers fleeing your property as quickly as if they bumped into Freddy Kruger in your bathroom! But fear not as we have a treat for you this Halloween and we’ll show you […]
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Preston, Chorley & Leyland Property Blog – Waiting for the Local House Market to Crash Will Cost You £28,433
Doom and gloom in the British property market or clickbait doom-mongers? Newspapers and clickbait 24-7 news websites, desperate for clicks, are peddling a story of a doomsday time for the economy, particularly the property market, as interest rates and inflation create the perfect storm for the UK property market. So, let us look at what […]
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Is that your best offer?
One of the recurring questions we at Forbes Estates get asked by people selling their homes with us is ‘Should I accept this offer?’ Depending on our response this is often followed with another question: “Ok then, so what’s an acceptable offer?” The truth is it depends on many factors. It is important to consider the […]
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