NEC Group to be Sold
Birmingham City Council Will Seek Offers
Following the conclusion of a strategic review, Birmingham City Council has resolved to seek offers for the NEC Group.
Principal objectives of the proposed sale are to secure an investor who shares the...
£85m apartment complex to be built next to Edgbaston
375 flats are to be developed by German Investment Group Patrizia who acquired four acres of land next to the cricket stadium from Warwickshire County Cricket Club and Homes and Communities Agency.
Patrizia UK plans to build parking for residents,...
Properties near Waitrose enjoy £38,666 added to house price
A survey has shown that having a Waitrose located near your home may be able boost the value of your house price.
Waitrose has long been popular for its upmarket goods and services and is popular among the middle class.
According...
Homes Not Assets To Be Passed On To Children, Says Minister
In new footage recorded from the party’s conference, a Conservative minister has said homes should not be seen as assets for parents to pass to their children.
Jackie Doyle-Price, social care minister, told a fringe meeting that many older people...
Dubai Property Prices
IMF No Longer ConcernedThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced that it is no longer concerned about a property price bubble in Dubai.
According to Masood Ahmed, head of the IMF's Middle East and Central Asia Department, price growth on...
Low-Income Tenants Struggling With Rising Rents
New research indicates low-income tenants are now spending an average of 28% of their wages on rent, up from 21% in the mid-1990s.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies says low earners have been hit by substantial cuts to housing benefit,...
Residents in Ward End Want Fair Deal
The Government will be seizing 12 homes under compulsory purchase orders this means it is legal order to buy land or property against the wishes of the home owners on May 1 for the HS2 maintenance depot.
Owners of these...
Britain’s Biggest Buy-to-Let Landlord Bans “Coloureds” & Battered Wives
Britain’s biggest buy-to-let landlord has banned so called “coloureds” from renting his properties “because of the curry smell.”
In an email to letting agent Evolution Properties, Fergus Wilson ordered: “No coloured people because of the curry smell at the end of...
We Are Moving
House Seekers Move Abroad For Affordable Homes
A fifth of disillusioned house hunters in the UK would consider leaving the country due to the cost involved in getting on the housing ladder.
The United States is the most popular location with...
£2bn Birmingham-Chinese Housing Agreement
City council leader John Clancy has agreed a deal with Country Garden, a Chinese housing developer, to invest and build in Birmingham in a move that could be worth £2bn to Birmingham’s economy.
Country Garden, based in Guangdong, is to...
