Pearson Ferrier Estate Agents

Tune in at 10am to find out this years line up for the Ramsbottom Festival!!

We are delighted to be a local sponsorship partner of this years ‘Ramsbottom Festival’, which in its 3rd year looks set to be even bigger and better than the resounding success of previous years! Log on to www.ramsbottomfestival.com from 10 o’clock today to find out who will be headlining this year, it looks like it will [...]

Let safely with us in the knowledge we are members of The Ombudsman for Lettings.

In response to the BBC Watchdog program last night (15th May), I just thought I’d write a brief post to confirm, that we here at Pearson Ferrier have been voluntary members of the Ombudsman for Lettings since May 2005.. Your deposits are registered with The Dispute Service and we are also members of NALS and [...]

The end is nigh…….mmm maybe that’s not a bad thing?

Not one to think that one swallow makes a summer (fat chance, spring hasn’t really sprung!), but I’m delighted to report one of the busiest months for house sales in the last 5 years. Our online activity during April was one of the most consistently busy times we have experienced in years, maybe the extended [...]

Has Spring finally sprung for the housing market, time to chase the sun……..?

After escaping the bitterly cold ‘Spring’ weather on a holiday/training camp chasing the sun in Lanzarote, for my up and coming ride from John O’Groats to Lands End raising money for ‘Bury Hospice’ (shameless plug………. http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-web/fundraiser/showFundraiserProfilePage.action?userUrl=JulianFerrier ) , my first full week back in the office has seen some absolutely extraordinary levels of online activity in [...]

Spring is nearly here, despite the snow, is it time to be considering a fresh new start?

There are still several mixed messages surrounding the state of the housing market, in some ways the positive outweigh the negative for once, but as always it seems to be a lot of loud voices, shouting the loudest to be heard. Mortgage approvals up to a record high, prices beginning to rise (albeit by a [...]

After the madness, sanity seems to be being restored to the housing market, is it time you reconsidered buying yourself a home?

The housing market seems to be returning to some level of sanity, after the train wreck of the last 5 years, the giddy moments before, seem a very long and distant memory. Listening to Miles Shipside of Rightmove, his message in December was frank, ‘forget about the summer of 2007, its history’, he’s right, we [...]

New Fund Raising Challenge for the New Year, including ‘Body Parts’ FOR SALE!!!

As part of our ongoing commitment to raise money for ‘Bury Hospice’, this year I will be taking part in a cycle ride heading from John O’Groats to Lands End known as the Deloitte RAB , the ride will cover 960 miles and (god willing and weather permitting), take 9 days. I am also contributing 50% of [...]

A very Happy New Year to all of you house hunters….don’t forget your brolly??

Well we certainly hit the ground running when we came back to work in 2013, with our offices resembling what I imagine a Bombay call centre looks like!! I am very aware that our activity reduces dramatically during the month of the December, but since the start of the New Year your online searches have been [...]

Chirstmas Cracker Success for 5-a-side Champions…….

We are delighted to announce the success of the Pearson Ferrier 5-a-side team, last night at the Lucozade Powerleague Trafford Soccer Dome who came away Champions of The Estate Agents Christmas Cracker!! Contested between 10 local businesses including 5 other estate agents, with two groups of 5 only the top two qualified and having a [...]

Are we seeing the death of the ‘Critical Expert’…long live the people!!!

The advent of social media has seen a connectivity amongst ‘normal’ people like nothing I could have ever imagined in my lifetime, the rate of change is at times stratospheric. Does anyone remember outside toilets (by that, I mean at home not in public places), black and white television, telephones stuck in the wall (and [...]

Over the festive season take a virtual look at what we have to offer you, from the comfort of you’re favourite armchair…

I’m not quite sure what happens when December arrives, but the days seem to fly by in a blur and all of a sudden we’re at Christmas Day and partying into the New Year. In terms of property, December is traditionally a quieter month for Estate Agents, they take stock, look back on the progress [...]

Have you thought any more about becoming a landlord or expanding your portfolio?

Being a landlord has changed a great deal over the last few decades, the types of property and quality of tenants have improved dramatically. It seems our landlords buy-to-let seminar hosted back in May 2010, where we suggested either becoming a landlord or expanding your portfolio has borne fruit. Whilst the residential sales market is [...]

Is it possible to drown out the White Noise in time for Christmas…??

The definition – White noise is a type of noise that is produced by combining sounds of all different frequencies together. If you took all of the imaginable tones that a human can hear and combined them together, you would have white noise. It feels to us that the dust is beginning to settle and [...]

Lands End to John O’Groats here we come, time to get a wiggle on and shake that…

I have recently registered for the Deloitte Ride Across Britain, the route is over 960 miles and takes 9 days to complete. As with our slightly smaller scale bike ride earlier this year (25 miles I think!!), the aim is to raise as much money as possible for Bury Hospice, I don’t think I [...]

Post Olympic success for our Fine & Country Department with nearly £4million pounds worth of sales

When all the odds are stacked against you, you have to be careful of beating your own drum, or putting your head over the parapet so to speak, as there are plenty of critics out there looking to take a pot shot and write the next negative headline, keeping positive can be hard when all [...]

A warm welcome to our new autumn arrivals!!

Just a brief note to extend a warm, but unfortunately soggy welcome to Mitchell & Debbie’s new arrivals. Twin baby girls Lydia Rose and Darcey Jean arrived safely, just after 10am on Friday 7th September, we are delighted to report that Mother & Daughters are all doing well x

After our Summer of Sport, maybe we can have an Autumn of Activity….and hopefully not a winter of discontent!!

After yesterdays conclusion to our exceptional Summer of Sport, where our Olympian & Parlympian heroes took a fitting bow and thanked the public for their overwhelming support, for what to put it mildly is going to be one of the best games ever, it seems there are few distractions on the horizon for now, [...]

Whether it’s your first time or 5th time, if you’d like to talk about buying a home, we’d like to listen, and we promise no hard sell…

The story of the state of the housing market, no longer seems to be a source of interest to our friends in the media, it’s in the doldrums, so not really an exciting headline anymore. We know it is and we know you do, but as we begin to see the wood for the tree’s [...]

Is there a question you’d like to ask us, do, we’d like to get to know you better….

The good weather has returned, thankfully and we are now at the start for many of the summer holidays, all being well you’ll be able to enjoy the sunshine either here or abroad. Given how easy it is these days to browse online, from the comfort of your own garden or on a lounger by [...]

Thinking of buying or selling, read a bit further down after you’ve read the headlines…

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/hdVgspHtl7E/ I’ve mentioned before that with the pressure of 24 hour news our ‘FRIEND’S’ in the media (said through grated teeth), are under immense pressure to have the best headline, perhaps that’s the demand we as consumers place on them….although I’m not convinced about that. Click on the link above – 35mins 45secs into the [...]

You don’t have to be a genius to work smarter not harder….

In the competitive world of property the endless pursuit of out doing your competitors can take time away from the what is most important, delivering consistently high levels of customer service, to the people who deserve it most. At times you just need to work smarter not harder, the Pearson Ferrier App is available to [...]

Can we have normal service resumed now please!!

In the thick of the current downpours, our week of blisteringly hot weather seems an all too distant memory, coupled with the extended Jubilee celebrations, clearly proved something of a distraction to you all, because as I study your browsing activity over this period, our daily stats took a distinct nose dive over the last [...]

Here’s looking forward to a wonderful Diamond Jubilee!!!

Just a brief message to say that our offices will earn a short but well deserved break during the Queens Diamond Jubilee celebrations. We hope you all have a great time, browse on-line, send us an email and we’ll catch up with you next week.

Is it time to keep calm and carry on………???

Rightly or wrongly I tend to follow as many headlines about the property market and finance as I can, but despite having worked in property for nearly 25 years, I still never seem to see the definitive answers I am looking for. If this is how I see it, without patronising anyone, it clearly has [...]

The headlines aren’t always necessarily correct……but is confidence coming back?

The headlines don’t always give the clearest picture, as the thirst for sensationalism is sometimes greater than the search for facts. I read a tweet last week with a quote from an agent saying their level of sales was up by over 300%, there are two ways of looking at that, the initial figures [...]

Is it time to remember why we buy a home???

I believe if you steal one persons idea that’s classed as theft of intellectual property, if you steal several, it’s classed as research. I was incredibly fortunate to attend a Property Academy conference day last Friday, with a group of very talented estate agents, myself included of course and some phenomenal speakers, discussing the latest [...]

In the words of Elbow…..’It’s looking like a beautiful day’

With my best mantra of ‘positive mental attitude’ ringing in my ears, I loaded the car up with my bike on Sunday morning, with a little bit of trepidation, with Elbow blasting out ‘it’s looking like a beautiful day’ (a last ditch attempt to remain motivated), I arrived at the office with the rain lashing [...]

Sometimes biggest and fastest, isn’t always necessarily best, however……

Having consistently been a market leader for over 15 years in the local area, doesn’t automatically make us the best. But given the constant efforts from all of the team, I suspect we have been there at the top for a while based on our continuing efforts to be as good as we can be [...]

Just a brief reminder about this weekends Charity Ride

I suspect most people will be all ‘Charitied Out’, if there is such a phrase, what with this weekends London Marathon and the superb recent events of Sport Relief! But, if anybody has got any loose change out there, no matter how small, just a reminder that we will be carrying out our own small [...]

Tell em, tell em what you’ve told em then tell em again…..

When I first started in sales over 25 years ago, an old wise head at the company I worked for said “You need to tell em, tell em what you’ve told em and tell em again”. It took a while for these words to sink in, but then why do Coca-Cola one of the biggest [...]

Prestwich’s Portas Pilot Bid

Please watch the video, it’s self explanatory…

Training starts in earnest for the bike ride on a torturous trip with the Leisure Lakes Mob…

After an amazing weekend of sport relief and their monumental fund-raising of over £50million pounds, it makes our own bike ride seem a little insignificant. However, with the meeting at the Hospice still fresh in my mind I set about to begin training in earnest and joined the first of a series of Monday night [...]

Is it too soon to be feeling good and thinking about summer? Doesn’t feel like it’s going to be a cruel one…

Forgive the blatant nostalgia and play on words, as a spotty teenager I had a huge crush on Keren, indulgent I know but hey….. It’s amazing how a great sunny afternoon can lift the spirits, that added to a fantastic team performance all round. It’s only part way through month three, but so far [...]

Please remember ‘Charity begins at home’, don’t forget Bury Hospice

There are a few people out there who are doing cycle rides for charity, well so are we. I completed the first training run for our Charity Bike Ride around the offices on Sunday, officially its 19 miles, with plenty of hills on the home run! I can tell you from first hand experience actually [...]

Any fat bottomed girls out there… come and get on yer bike and ride with us!!

Back in 1994 I was fortunate to run the London Marathon, I was just doing it for me as it was on my wish list, but an old work colleague suggested I should do it to raise money for Bury Hospice, they had recently looked after her father in his final days, we raised over [...]

The return of the all elusive first time buyer… breathing life back into the housing market!

They have been a long time in coming, in anything like the numbers we are used to seeing, but I am more than delighted to say that first time buyers are returning to breathe new life into a housing market that was in desperate need of a bit of CPR! I don’t believe its down [...]

Life is a number of seasons and this winter won’t last forever…

It seems to be bizarre in the North West with endless rain and drizzle to hear our neighbours in the South East are having drought warnings, but as with most things in life, our winter won’t last forever. I was forwarded a link to this inspirational moment with Tony Robbins, probably one of the worlds [...]

Are you waiting to take the plunge…???

Are you undecided if you should invest your hard earned money into bricks & mortar, be it your First Time Buy, or it may just be time to move on the housing ladder, either up or down. The latest figures from the Confederation of British Industry, seem to suggest that the worst of the [...]

No-one has time to waste…

Time is the most precious commodity you have, why waste time looking elsewhere for somewhere to rent, our market share is streets ahead of our competitor’s, the only street you should be walking down should be ours…….we’ve got a property for everyone!

Are you thinking of selling, but can’t decide if now is the right time, maybe it’s time to stop sitting on the fence?

Given the last five years of poor activity in the housing market, you could easily be forgiven for putting off moving home. However, whilst house prices have undoubtedly fallen in value, the amount by which they went up from the late 90′s was nothing short of meteoric, so in many ways a levelling process was [...]

It’s official we’re ‘HOT’… albeit mostly wet!!

According to the Mail On The Sunday and a local agent who shall almost remain nameless, we have Manchester’s Top 10 Property Hotspots covered, I am sure we’ve said, ‘We’ve got it covered’ in the past, (see earlier posts!). It might often be wet, but at least we’re HOT, Bury, Ramsbottom and Prestwich, all [...]

A room for reflection… in probably one of our ‘Finest’ ever homes!

It may seem unusual to have your own miniature Chapel, not just within your grounds, but actually off your landing area, but this is one of an assortment of treats this beautifully restored mid 19th Century Hall has to offer. Restored in complete sympathy, this has to be one of the best homes this writer [...]

The slate’s clean, lets all write a positive new chapter….

A very Happy New Year to all friends, old and new, apologies for the late sentiment, glad to say we’ve been pretty busy on our first day back in the New Year. As usual with the endless lettings enquiries (and long may they continue!!), but also with offers to buy, viewings and second viewings, we’ve [...]

Who’s writing the ‘head-lines’ these days???

As we head into the festive season, most agents are tieing up all the loose ends before the Christmas break, we still have 1 or 2 last minute completions, and for those of you yet to move, best of luck on the day!! This is a time of year when our activity levels decrease dramtically [...]

Go Forrest, Go!!!!!!!!

Politely nicknamed ‘Gump’ by his friends due to his phenomenal ability to run like the legendary character made famous by Tom Hanks (Oh and a coincidental surname), young Ben Forrest has made his family immensely proud (especially Mum, Fine & Country’s office manager [...]

Could this be a month to defy the critics????

My first real foray into sales, was back in 1985 with an old college friend, who roped me into a summer job of knocking on doors with a canvassing team who were trying to sell double glazing, all the rage back in the 80′s. I have to say this was the sharp end of a [...]

It’s looking like a beautiful day…

Anybody watching ‘Elbow’ last night on ‘Children in Need Rocks’ couldn’t fail to have been moved by their performance of ‘One Day Like This’, it was absolutely brilliant and the highlight of the evening for me, as was the whole concert and to be hosted in Manchester firmly puts us on the map as the [...]

Are you an average First Time Buyer? Or are you unique?

Based on statistics, you would be around 34 if you’re female (apparently the ladies are more optimistic, go girlfriend!!!), or 37 if you’re male (pull your fingers out boys and get some Positive Mental Attitude!!). The problem, we have at the moment is statistical analysis and information overload. I am a big advocate for the [...]

Santa versus the Grim Reaper, who wins???

In terms of ‘Harry Hill’ parlance, there’s only one way to find out ‘FIGHT’, my moneys on Santa!! After spending yet another year, with what for much of the time, feels like the Grim Reaper looking over our shoulders, we begin to pick up momentum and head [...]

WINNERS OF THE UK PROPERTY AWARDS REVEALED IN LONDON

The United Kingdom’s premier estate agents gathered at The Lancaster London Hotel, Hyde Park, London on Friday (October 28th) for the announcement of the winners of the hotly contested UK Property Awards in association with Bloomberg Television and Google. These awards, combined with the other regional awards’ programmes for Arabia, Europe, the Americas, Africa and [...]

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