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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 [...]

Well we don’t live here for the weather, but apart from that…

For a small, former industrial town it seems we are punching over our weight if the latest statistics are anything to go by, 16th best place to bring up a young family in a national survey, and now named as the 7th ‘Foodiest’ place in the UK according to Olive magazine. We are immensely proud [...]

A bitter pill to swallow, or a long overdue dose of medicine??

Our friends in the media have a relentless appetite for bad news, as it seems to boost ratings or sell headlines – does that mean it’s our fault?? Whichever way you look at it, the ‘AND FINALLY….’ moment is always the last mention. There are success stories out there but these are clearly overshadowed by [...]

Pearson Ferrier are a UK Property Awards Finalist!!!

PEARSON FERRIER ARE AMONG PRESTIGIOUS UK PROPERTY AWARD FINALISTS Leading estate agents from across the length and breadth of the United Kingdom have been notified that they have become shortlisted in the region’s most prestigious property competition in association with Google and Bloomberg Television. Pearson Ferrier is delighted to learn that it is one of [...]

Is it too early to be thinking about Christmas??

There are as usual frenzied headlines from our assorted field of property experts in respect of the housing market, houses prices up, house prices down, market set to soar, market set to crash, but at least we are getting a balanced view from all sectors. Two reasonably reliable sources, The Bank of England and Land [...]

It’s all about location…

A recent article featured in the national press and the BBC’s own website lists Bromley Cross as the 5th family friendly place to live in the country, based upon research by savings firm ‘Family Investments’. A truly great credit for Bromley Cross, I am bound to be biased but I think if you spread the [...]

Are you a nervous or indecisive property investor???

With all the uncertainty and negative media, that has been swirling around our heads for the last 4 years, it is difficult to know in some ways which way to turn for the best, (Double Dip for example, I thought we were still on the first big downward slope!!) I remember being an inexperienced Dad [...]

Exam success for a chip off the old block!!

We are delighted to announce the exam success of Taylor Pearson, son of one of the founding partners Mitchell, who has just graduated from Bury Grammar School with a string of 10 GCSE results. He is continuing his education with Bury Grammar XI form college, studying A levels in History, Politics, English, and German, we wish [...]

Great start to the season for RUFC under 7′s

Out of little acorns, great oak tree’s grow and with the RUFC senior teams recent success in the FA Cup, hot on their heels were the Ramsbottom Utd under 7′s sponsored by Pearson Ferrier, who entered the Bispham Football Tournament on 27th August 2011, they played teams from Blackpool, Liverpool and Yorkshire. Twenty Eight teams competed all [...]

Back to school…

It’s that time of year again, when the school’s re-open their doors and welcome back our youth and the talent of the future and a time when many family’s breathe a sigh of relief as their offspring are out from under their parents feet, for at least term time anyway. Or if your like me, rather [...]

Is anyone out there able to predict the future? I didn’t think so…

Having lived, ate, slept and breathed this recession since the end of 2007, I think I am reasonably immune to despondent news headlines. After nearly 4 years of 24/7 repeated comments on ‘Global Credit Crunch’ and ‘Recession’, I get the picture. It certainly seems to help sell the story, but the current comments on ‘Double [...]

Congratulations on a 100% record!!

A big congratulations goes out to the Summerseat XI rounders team, who swept the board in their first season, other than a cup defeat, the ladies maintained a 100% unbeaten record in their first year, which will see them promoted at the start of next season. We have been delighted to sponsor the team and [...]

From David to Goliath, we’ll take on all comers…

With completions last month from under £50,000 to just under £2million, it seems that we do have a property for everyone. Despite the ongoing news and strife, we really don’t want to ‘hack’ anybody off, just give a headline that doesn’t ‘crunch’ the figures too much!! We are selling property, admittedly not the same volumes [...]

If only it was that easy to move house…

For any of you who have small children, you may have seen the film ‘Up’, an old chap who has always wanted to travel and see the world uproots his house and travels over continents with the help of some very powerful balloons. In all seriousness, we know it is not that easy, most of [...]

Pro-active vendors and just a little dark magic…

Well we’ve finally reached summer, with a mixture of glorious sunshine, humidity, rain and chilly winds, and although the days are getting shorter, it feels like some people have written off summer, before it’s even started. The activity in the housing market, remains like the weather, patchy and unpredictable, however, we are due to have, [...]

‘And finally…’

You have to wait till the end of the news bulletin for the ‘And Finally moment of good news’, this comes after the long and no doubt arduous account of a bout of normal everyday bad news. Whilst there is no denying, there is an awful lot of it about, its just a pity that the ‘And [...]

Is it possible to simplify the housing market?

Child’s play, a simplistic, pasta view of houses as made by my 4 year old daughter! There are various factual comments on the housing market, Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs confirms that fundamentally, there are less than half the completions taking place now as when the market was at its peak, pre-credit crunch, from The [...]

‘Duke of Westminster helps Banks Lyon Jewellers raise £17,600 for charity’

A RECORD £17,600 was raised for charity when one of the North’s top jewellers hosted a glamorous clay pigeon shoot. http://www.bankslyon.co.uk/abbeystead-2011.php I was delighted to be part of the Fine & Country Team, at the now annual Duke of Westminster’s Charity Clay Pigeon shoot, held at Abbeystead, the Dukes estate near Lancaster. Our 4 man team consisted [...]

Woe betide anyone for reporting good news… ssshhhh!

Whilst I am the first to accept, that outside of the capital the pace of life is a little more pedestrian and dare I say it, for the media not quite as interesting, but like me, do you often get drawn to a headline, normally as a result of it’s sensationalist slant, but after [...]

Beware the headline, in fact beware the story – is it any wonder why we’re all a bit confused?

Side by side headlines on twitter; ‘House prices start to recover’ – Telegraph Property ‘Generation gives up on owning home’ – Telegraph Property Britain to become a nation of renters – houses prices may rise by 16% by end of 2015 – Sky News House sales at highest level for a year – My Introducer [...]

Ramsbottom office milestone…

Just a small note, to say a BIG thank you to all of our customers and friends who have supported us over the last 14 years. Returning home, after 2 successful years in London, 27th May 1997 was when we opened up the doors of the Ramsbottom office for business, today sees the start of [...]

A big thanks to everyone for their support of our Fine & Country golf day, despite the weather!!

We would like to say a big thank you to all of our guests and sponsors for their support of our first Fine & Country golf day held at Bolton Golf Club. I don’t think the weather could have been any more belligerent at the start of [...]

Good luck to all of our guests today at our first Fine & Country Golf Day…

Just a quick note to wish all of our guests a great day today, at the first of our Fine & Country Homes Golf Day’s. We will be hosting the game courtesy of Bolton Golf Club in Lostock, www.boltongolfclub.co.uk , thankfully the weather looks so far, that it might be kind to us, here’s hoping, [...]

Pearson Ferrier proud to sponsor Summerseat XI in their inaugural season!!

As part of our continued links with our local community and commitment to sponsor local sports teams including Ramsbottom Football, both senior and juniors, Ramsbottom CC, we are delighted to announce the sponsorship of Summerseat XI Rounders team in their inaugural season. Unbeaten in the league 3 games in, their first season is looking very [...]

If you are thinking of being a landlord, you don’t need to be a genius and there is no time like the present…

If you are thinking of being a landlord we feel that now is a great time to consider investing in residential property, based on the latest report produced by Letting Agent Today, the figures are incredible; http://www.lettingagenttoday.co.uk/news_features/More-than-one-in-five-households-to-rent-privately This seems to back up our buy-to-let investors seminar, we held back in July 2010 (see earlier blog [...]

Pearson Ferrier Commercial in recycling success story

With the current pressure to be environmentally friendly, we are delighted to announce Pearson Ferrier Commercial have re-let prime town centre retail premises on Silver Street to a ‘Cartridge World’ franchisee. The unit let was originally occupied by ‘Burning Desire’ fireplaces for over fifteen years who have expanded their business and moved to larger premises [...]

If buying your first home, feels too much like a leap of faith, call us we might be able to help!!

It seems that there is an appetite for people to become homeowners, based on several items of research, many people (over 80% of you!), would like to own their own homes but feel they lack the financial muscle to jump onto the first rung of the housing ladder, a step which seems to many, to [...]

Will Saunders heads up our Fine & Country Bolton Office

Will has over 24 years experience across a wide sector of the property market, and more importantly, over the last 7 years Will has specialised in high value property in the Bolton area, particularly Lostock and Heaton a place he calls home. He has a reputation for having an uncanny understanding of his buyers needs [...]

Is searching for your new home a bit like finding an oasis in the desert?

Despite turning as many stones as we can in search of a positive news story, it is hard to ignore some of the latest statistics produced by some credible sources, Estate Agent Today ran a recent headline with regard to the current level of sales activity, presently less than 50% from the peak of 2007 [...]

Gold standard from Pearson Ferrier

We are delighted to have been recognised as a market leader in the specialist field of selling the areas ‘Finest’ property, by one of our fiercest critics, our own organisation. After our annual appraisal, here at Fine & Country Homes from Pearson Ferrier our specialist homes division, we were delighted to have been awarded the [...]

We’ve got it covered… a property for everyone

Whether you are an owner looking to sell, a purchaser looking to buy, a landlord looking to let, a tenant looking to rent, or thinking of buying or selling a business, we think we’ve got it covered by having a property for everyone……log on to www.pearsonferrier.co.uk to find out which office you need and get [...]

Its about time we moved on, 2007 is history… use your common sense and come and have a cuppa

I am guilty of following several supposed experts in the property field to try and find out what gems of information might be out there, in an attempt to second guess what the market is about to do, to date they just serve to confuse me, and possibly you too. The FTSE, I’m not expert [...]

Inspirational moments… Helen Skelton is girl on a wire

Here at Pearson Ferrier, we try and steer clear of making any kind of political statement or following the band wagon of public opinion, we make as much effort as possible to sponsor local people and events all year, most of which go unannounced, but with the current problems being endured throughout the globe, which [...]

Is this the end of the Ice Age? Maybe first time buyers aren’t extinct after all…

I have no doubt that we have all enjoyed the glorious sunshine of the last few days, feeling the sun on your back makes the world feel a whole lot better place to be in and distracts us from what at times can feel like a daily grind under the constant barrage of doom and [...]

Putting things in perspective… 100km walk to school?

When you have to set off the week before school starts, on ‘The Chadar’ or 100km walk to school, down a frozen river, whilst avoiding avalanches and freezing conditions, perhaps puts certain things in to perspective for many of us. Whilst by our own standards, we are enduring problems of differing degree’s, its maybe because [...]

So what actually was the headline? Try surfing instead…

BBC Business posted this headline on the 18th Feb; UK mortgage lending fell 13% in January, CML says UK mortgage lending fell by 13% in January compared with December to the lowest level for a year at £9.2bn, lenders say. This was still 5% higher than the same month a year earlier, the Council of [...]

If it’s your first time, don’t worry we’ll be gentle, if you’ve done it before please come in and see us anyway!!

This week love is in the air, and here at Pearson Ferrier we are hosting a series of Open Days across our branches where you are guaranteed to find the property of your dreams! The Open Days will be hosted at the company offices based in Bury, Ramsbottom, Radcliffe and Prestwich our first one will [...]

Do surveyors actually value, and why expert advice should come from the appropriate experts

I have been involved in property for over 20 years, and one thorny subject affecting every estate agent, vendor and purchaser alike I know of, is the one of value. By definition valuation is subjective, an opinion, so on this basis will vary from one person to the next, so value by its very nature [...]

An Englishman’s Home is his castle, but in the current economic climate, does he (she!), own it or rent it?

It seems a lot of us spend our time glued to the television, internet or the radio listening or looking out for the slightest bit of good news or positive reporting, certainly in times of hardship and difficulty. A comment made on the radio this morning I thought was pretty accurate, was that if you [...]

What happens after the fireworks – if your curious give us a call?

Well we hope you have had a great Christmas and and good start to the New Year, despite the *****y snow! December seemed to absolutely fly past and New Year came and went, now reality sinks in and for most of us we are back to work, after a long break during the festive season [...]

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