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Nov 19, 2025
Boxing Day Boom – Fact or Fiction?
Boxing Day: a time for leftover turkey sandwiches, dodging relatives, and... frantically searching for your next home? If that sounds oddly specific, you're not alone. The so-called "Boxing Day Boom"
Nov 8, 2025
Winter-Proof Your Home: Essential Tips
While Hallowe’en brought its usual dose of spooky fun, one of our listed properties gave us a real scare—a sudden leak in the second-floor bathroom that made its final appearance in the ground floor d
Oct 16, 2025
Energy Saving - Are you efficient with your energy use?
Energy Saving Top Tips With the increase in energy bills up 2% this month, it’s definitely a sign to get ahead of the game this winter when it comes to saving the pennies. But what practical steps ca
Sep 25, 2025
Do property flips work as a strategy in 2025?
The last few decades have seen enormous changes in the dynamics of the property market, huge advances in internet use and access, and shifts in what buyers are looking for, with flipping homes undergo
Apr 26, 2024
Porter Estate Agents Expands to add Chichester Expert to its Team
In the many years that Dan and Olivia have headed up Porter Estate Agents, matching property hunters with their dream home, we have grown from strength to strength, and three years ago you might recal
May 5, 2023
Happy And Glorious – Coronation House Prices Compared
On 2nd June 1953 Queen Elizabeth II was crowned and the average UK home cost £1,891, equivalent to £63,511 today. Now in 2023 the average UK house price is £288,000 ! UK house prices have risen dra
Nov 5, 2021
Whisper Listings – Off-Market Properties around the South Downs
When looking for your next property, do you purely scour the internet or do you also pick up the phone to speak to an agent? If it’s only the former, you may be missing out on some of the best off-mar