First look at the Rotunda apartments
Two and a half years after the three-hour sales frenzy in which every one of its 234 apartments were sold, we can reveal the first glimpse inside the new-look Rotunda.
View ArticleThere's a new look for spring at Park Central
Birmingham's two newest city parks are springing into life as winter finally ends, and there's a new spring collection to tempt home-buyers out of hibernation.
View ArticleParking alert for flat owners
Mark Hodgson, of Midland law firm, George Green, warns of a possible threat to flat owners' parking rights.
View ArticleHome buyers do their homework
Ascary new breed of house-hunter is stalking the city streets. He has downloaded every fact, figure, comparison and trend - and he knows what he wants.
View ArticleThere's never been a better time to buy new
Thinking about trading up to a new-build home? Steve Rush, area sales and marketing director of Cala Homes (Midlands) discusses the advantages.
View ArticleLets get busy
Build-to-let is the latest phenomenon sweeping the USA. Louise Sutton, senior surveyor at CB Richard Ellis in Birmingham, explains.
View ArticleInside story at Park Central
When Vanessa Unger of Vogue Interiors was commissioned to style three new show apartments at Crest Nicholson’s mammoth Park Central project, she had her work cut out.
View ArticlePanorama got it wrong, says Accord Lets
The statement made by BBC1's Panorama programme on Monday (June 2) that Birmingham has too many apartments and too few tenants has been hotly refuted by Carl Mimmack, managing director of one of the...
View ArticleQuality property is always a valuable investment
No-one could deny that the residential market is undergoing a volatile period, but do not be deluded into believing everything is gloom and doom.
View ArticleHistoric mysteries of Claverdon Hall
Claverdon Hall has been here long enough to have formed a backdrop to various historic periods of intrigue, from the Wars of the Roses, through the Reformation and the Civil War
View ArticleBefore you sign up for rented accomodation
Mike Goddard, of Belvour, offers advice to ayone looking to sign a rental agreement
View ArticleProperty lawyers back call to make HIPs voluntary
A Midland property lawyer has endorsed the findings of a major report that home information packs are not working and are “the worst of all worlds”.
View ArticleEco-friendly homes for families in rural setting
Families may have felt forgotten in a property market awash with apartments.
View ArticleSolihull award-winner up for sale
It’s the biggest apartment in Solihull – and an award winner, complete with waterside views and the best spot in the village. Marsya Lennox reports
View ArticlePrime country homes finally feel the pinch
There are winners and losers in the changing marketplace though manor house properties continue to perform well. Marsya Lennox studies the figures.
View ArticleThe pros and cons of letting your property
Homeowners choosing to let their property in order to ride out the current property market slump are being urged to make sure they choose a reputable agency, experienced in residential property lets.
View ArticleFarmland a bright spot in a depressing market
Edward Russell of Knight Frank’s Birmingham office says competition for farmland is high.
View ArticleFashionable living at the right price
Newly completed apartments at Skyline have been scoring well in the city popularity stakes, say agents.
View ArticleBuy-to-let landlords falling behind on payments
The number of landlords falling behind on their mortgage repayments has soared by 50% as the buy-to-let boom turns to bust.
View ArticleThe Shropshire manor that Hitler wanted to live in
If history had taken a different turn then Hitler may well have been living in Apley Hall, a glorious historic hall in the heart of the Shropshire countryside.
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