The Government's recent push to modernise the home moving process is aimed at one thing, cutting the delays and fall-throughs that make selling a home so stressful. For sellers in Hertfordshire, the practical answer to that is getting your home Contract Ready, having the information gathered up front rather than scrambling for it later.

July’s Hitchin property market shows a mixed picture, with Hitchin Town, Benslow, Bearton, the Poets Estate, Walworth, Purwell and the surrounding villages all seeing rising choice for buyers and more realistic pricing from sellers.

It is one of the hardest moments in any home sale. The photographs are done, the house is immaculate, the listing is live, and then nothing. No calls. No viewings. Silence.

Welwyn Garden City’s summer market is active and price sensitive, with varied trends across Welwyn, West Side, Handside, Hatfield Hyde & Hall Grove, Panshanger and Haldens.