by admin108 | Jan 3, 2014
The Nationwide Building Society are today reporting that house prices were up 8.4% in 2013 across the whole of the UK with London leading the way with even greater rises and parts of the North East actually seeing small falls. Our experience is that Hertfordshire...
by admin108 | Dec 13, 2013
I spent 16 years in the advertising industry helping to advise some of the biggest companies in the country such as Ford, Guinness and Unilever on their advertising and marketing. I have now run BigBlackhen.com for over 8 years and so I thought I would give you my...
by admin108 | Nov 15, 2013
The world of estate agency charges is a murky and secretive one where few High Street agents are willing to publish what commissions they will charge you on their web sites or in their advertising. They will tell you that they can’t quote thier charges until they come...
by admin108 | Nov 8, 2013
Today the Council of Mortgage Lenders have called for the government to reform the Stamp Duty taxes on property sales in the UK and we fully support them. Yesterday the Telegraph reported that we pay more Stamp Duty in this country than any other country in the world....
by admin108 | Nov 4, 2013
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...
by admin108 | Oct 8, 2013
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...