Merseyside Property News

Budding buyers interested in owning their own pad have an amazing opportunity to secure a modern and funky one bedroom apartment in the heart of St Helens for just £50,000 this weekend. Countryside Properties has released the remaining units at its stylish HQ development on Hall Street and is offering unbelievable value for money.

National housebuilder Bellway is probably better known for its new homes, but as part-exchange manager Annette Kirby from Bellway’s Liverpool office points out, they also sell older homes too.

It's one of the ironies of the current housing market that anyone looking for a bargain on an older, established home should not overlook builders of new properties. Through the popularity of its part-exchange programme, award winning housebuilder, Gladedale North West has acquired a substantial portfolio of older properties available to move into immediately.

Home buyers looking to move to the top of the property ladder in St Helens, with the minimum of expenditure, should consider this Miller Homes offer. It's new ‘Deveron' 5 bedroom detached executive home at its ‘Scholars Way' development in Windle, is released for sale with 100% part exchange available.

In the current climate isn't it great to hear some good news, and it comes from David Wilson Homes which has just announced that more than 80 per cent of the houses on its Sandstone Gardens development in Prescot have been sold.

With news the government is scrapping stamp duty for properties under £175,000 for the next 12 months, Redrow has dropped the price of selected three-bedroom homes at its award winning Cressington Heath venture.

Every so often a new development opens that makes you take a second look, because it offers quality, choice and value. This is the case with Miller Homes ‘The Foundry' off Jubits Lane in Sutton Manor.

Now is the best time to buy according to Miller Homes and they will prove the point at the launch of its new ‘Connaught Green’ development show homes, in Anfield, on Saturday 18th October.

'Waterside', a new development of apartments in Liverpool city centre - the first launched for nearly 12 months - is set to test the underlying demand in the city's residential market.

Award winning Miller Homes has, this week confirmed the date for the opening of its 2 luxury show homes at its "Scholars Way" development in St Helens. The grand opening will take place on Saturday 11th October at 11.30am.

Getting ahead of the rush to buy a new home at Miller Homes' Bridgewater Park development in Netherley worked out well for Adam Williams and Katie Heron. These first time buyers won a luxury trip for two to New York by being the first to reserve on the opening day of the development in April.

What could be better than a fully furnished show home, which Redrow customers say is still the best marketing tool when it comes to choosing a brand new home? The answer is two fully furnished show homes now available to view at Woodlands Grange, in Bromborough, Wirral.

Miller Homes has more than one reason to name its new development in St Helens, "The Foundry". With the combination of location, choice and value in a select development sure to make them hot properties, the new development will open on Saturday 20th September with a choice of ‘red hot' offers for home buyers.

Liverpool's city centre waterfront is set to receive an investment of £1.9 million from the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) for a programme of infrastructure, environmental and public realm improvements.

Former business owner, William Walsh, was just about to hop across to the other side of the world to volunteer his building expertise, when he found just what he was looking for right on his doorstep - with Liverpool's Habitat for Humanity.

Virgin Atlantic cabin crew member Adrienne Baker is hoping more helpers will come on board to her chosen charity. Her dream job may fly her all around the world, but, back on firm ground, Adrienne finds time to help low-income families in Liverpool get onto the property ladder by physically helping to build their homes.

Redrow Homes has found a way to make its ‘easi-buy' deferred payment scheme stand out from the crowd - home owners can save themselves thousands of pounds if they pay off the outstanding balance early.

With three-storey living on the rise, one major new homes developer decided to investigate the reasons for its popularity - with uplifting results. National house builder Redrow commissioned a survey of 1000 customers living in both two and three-storey homes, and the results show some compelling reasons for choosing height over width when moving house.

Multi-award winning site manager Ged Frodsham has been given his last ever National House-Building Council (NHBC) ‘Quality' award as he prepares to retire after five decades in the construction industry. He will, however, get one last chance at further building honours as he now goes forward to compete for a coveted ‘Seal of Excellence' in the NHBC's annual Pride in the Job awards, which would put him in the top 100 of 18,000 site managers across the UK.

Although the property market has slowed considerably, it is as well to put the bad news in perspective. In fact there are still thousands of homes being bought each month. The latest figures from the Land Registry recorded around 55,000 house sales in May in England and Wales. And according to market commentators, and supported by the Land Registry figures, the actual selling prices achieved have not dropped.

On Saturday, 5th July only, David Wilson Homes is offering homebuyers in Merseyside the chance to take advantage of a complimentary financial advisory service. This fantastic opportunity, which is available at the Willowbrook Park development on St Kevins Drive in Kirkby, means prospective purchasers will be able to sit down with one of the expert agents from Accumen to tailor make a financial package for their needs.

In May a number of people, already living on Barratt Chester's development The Pavilions, St Helens, have taken advantage of Barratt's part exchange scheme. And one of them is Francesca Bigwood who has progressed up the property ladder, moving from a Palmerston starter home to a three-storey Kentmere design property just three doors apart. Using Barratt Chester's fantastic Part Exchange Scheme, Francesca completed the whole deal within four weeks.

With average house prices out of reach for first time buyers in 96% of UK towns it's harder than ever to get onto the property ladder* - but here's news of an incentive in Bromborough, Wirral, which could throw would-be home owners a much needed lifeline.

The final property on Barratt Chester's popular Breckside Court development has gone on the market. The Norbury, a three-bedroom, three-storey townhouse has been reduced to £180,900. It has a living room measuring 16ft 4ins x 13ft with French doors to the garden; two double bedrooms on the first floor and a self-contained bedroom suite on the top floor including a shower room and separate dressing area.

Horizons are definitely worth broadening when it comes to finding your dream home and this is certainly the case when considering the Charles Church Merrilocks development in Blundellsands.