Is the Market Moving?

Within a day of the government announcement that the home buying and renting process could re-start, the telephone calls and emails began - and we hav...

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Realism Is Our Vaccine

Now lockdown is being eased, Lynne Lancaster answers the sixty-four thousand dollar question about the property market.As we gradually emerge from loc...

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Coronavirus Update

Today marks the launch of our new valuation and viewing service protocols.Here at PFK we have used the governments guidance for safer working to form ...

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A personal account of a Great-Grandfather's bravery during the Second World War

This year the 8th May marks the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day. For the vast majority of us, this day is predominantly symbolic as we ...

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Getting in Gear

Seven weeks into lockdown, Lynne Lancaster, Head of Estate Agency, looks at how coronavirus has affected life in the property market.Throughout the lo...

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Getting in Gear

Seven weeks into lockdown, Lynne Lancaster, Head of Estate Agency, looks at how coronavirus has affected life in the property market.Throughout the lo...

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A Message From Local Plan News

Planning is still moving onwards, South Lakeland District Council are continuing with the development of the Local Plan. If you have land or an intere...

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Is your house ready for the market once the pandemic has safely passed?

Paul Doyle, manager at our Carlisle office, takes a look at what home sellers can do during the lockdown period to attract the highest sale price for ...

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Looking ahead

Lesley Waugh, of the Whitehaven branch of PFK, looks ahead to a time when we can all move freely from our homes.In houses and apartments all over the ...

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Looking Ahead

Lesley Waugh, of the Whitehaven branch of PFK, looks ahead to a time when we can all move freely from our homes.In houses and apartments all over the ...

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DEFRA Announces Extension to BPS & Grant Schemes

The Government has confirmed the window to submit applications for the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and make a claim for Countryside Stewardship (CS), E...

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Notes from My Lock-Down Diary

Have you ever found yourself backed into a corner? Caught between the devil and the deep blue sea? Between a rock and a hard place? With no place to g...

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Notes from My Lock-Down Diary

Have you ever found yourself backed into a corner? Caught between the devil and the deep blue sea? Between a rock and a hard place? With no place to g...

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Just how resilient is the market…how much can it take?!

Time and time again we all face challenges in our lives, some with a positive outcome, some less favourable. Many a time we are left with unanswered q...

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A message from Lynne Lancaster, Head of Estate Agency.

For many years, through good times and bad PFK has been an integral part of the local community. Many of our staff/directors have been born, brought u...

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You asked, we answered...

We have understandably been asked quite a lot of questions in the past few weeks and thought it would be beneficial to share a select few with you. Ca...

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Seven of the simplest improvements which can add value to a home

April is National Home Improvement Month and homeowners up and down the country are being challenged to see how they can change their properties for t...

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Coronavirus Update

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I am sure that the challenging circumstances of the past week have not escaped you as they have impacted on everyone’s way of life. As a result of the...

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Letter from Chief Planner, Steve Quartermain CBE (March 2020)

“Planning is a wonderful profession and we have great people doing a great job. Be practical, be pragmatic and let's plan for the recovery” In what wa...

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New Temporary Permitted Development Rights for the Change of Use

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The Government’s new permitted development rights to allow restaurants and pubs to become takeaways have now been released under ‘The Town and Country...

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PFK Estate Agency in Carlisle, Cumbria

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