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October sales excellent!

The housing market seems to have eaten three Weetabix for breakfast with our best month for sales coming in October, which is normally not one of the best months in the year. More houses coming onto the market too so looks like we’re set for a strong start to next...

Welwyn Garden City Estate Agents Close Ranks

The big estate agents in Welwyn Garden City have teamed up to get favoured status from the Welwyn & Hatfield Times in terms of lower advertising rates and better position in the property section in what appears to be a deliberate move to prevent non High Street...

Property sales up nearly 20% versus last year.

Further signs that the property market is recovering today. In the recession people simply stopped moving due to the fear of falling prices (why buy today when the house you want will be cheaper tomorrow?) and because financial uncertainty and the lack of credit put...

House prices up 3.9% year on year

Some more good news this morning from the BBC web site who report that house prices are up 3.9% year on year. This certainly mirrors what we are finding in Hertfordshire with by far the best year since the crash in 2007. It’s been a tough few years in the business so...

Does your house sale need a fresh approach?

Have you been on the market since the beginning of the year (or earlier?). Do you feel that your house sale has run out of steam, that perhaps things have gone a little stale? Sound familiar? Then why not call BigBlackHen.com? We’re a new breed of estate agent, hungry...

Outlook for house buying is brightest in 14 years

The Daily Telegraph have reported that the outlook for the property market is the best in 14 years. The full article can be found here (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/houseprices/10167211/Outlook-for-house-buying-is-brightest-in-14-years.html?fb)...

Think of your house as a car!

Imagine going to buy a car and being offered one that is muddy and messy inside and another that has been beautifully washed, cleaned and polished inside out. No guessing which one you’d want to drive away in. Our houses might be our biggest assets, yet we rarely...

Hacketts Farmhouse – the opportunity of a lifetime.

We are proud to announce that we have been instructed as sole agents to sell Hacketts Farmhouse in Brickendon, the first time that this most impressive Grade II Listed property has come onto the market in over sixty years. The main house is being sold with two...

Property Market Gaining Momentum

There’s an interesting article on the BBC web site today shwing that the property market is gaining momentum nationwaide. Read it here: http://bbc.in/17whkD4 That very much mirrors our experience where it started taking of in Hertfordshire around Easter and has kept...