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.

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.

Hitchin Town and its neighbourhoods of Benslow, Bearton, the Poets Estate, Walworth, Purwell and the nearby villages are seeing a busy market, with higher stock levels, realistic pricing and mixed price trends across different property types.

wo villages, one report, but increasingly two different markets. Knebworth is holding firm while Codicote takes a breath.