Oxfordshire Property News

This year, two special festive friesians will be paying a visit to Banbury's Christmas Farmer's Market on Friday, 5th December, when David Wilson Mercia sponsors the popular event.

Once in a generation discounts on new Barratt homes across its Mercia division are set to end within weeks because the housebuilder has sold all but 50 of its stock homes during a highly successful autumn marketing drive. Barratt Mercia has sold 130 homes across the division since September, during a period when pundits were writing obituaries for the housing market.

Quality build in a prime location has proved a winning combination for Linden Homes Chiltern, as all the homes at its Sandford Gardens development in Marcham have now been reserved. The success of this traditional collection of homes in the beautiful village shows that despite the current property market, some homes will still sell well.

A pair of cows has appeared at a new homes development in Banbury, which is co-incidentally located on the site of the town's former cattle market and pupils from Dashwood Primary School, which shares the site, recently went along to name them.

Bellway Northern Home Counties has announced the launch of a new apartment scheme in the heart of Oxford. West Edge off Elms Road in the Botley area of the city of Oxford will be a select development of only 26 two-bedroom executive apartments in this affluent and popular suburb. Prices are from £235,000 to £245,000 and there are two schemes to help you buy.

If you're in the market for a home to expand your living space, then it might be time to heighten rather than broaden your horizons with Persimmon Homes' latest range of townhouses at Northcourt Square in Abingdon.

Christmas is coming. So here’s the question we’ve all been asking ourselves. When to buy? We’re not of course talking about toys for the children and soap for your aunt. The deadline there is obvious and makes life nice and simple. No, the big question is, when to buy that new home.

Building luxurious homes in a highly sought after location has proved to be a winning formula for Antler Homes in the past, so it will come as no surprise to hear that the leading privately owned housebuilder has decided to build a third development in the traditional market town of Beaconsfield.

The Prime Minister may have boosted homebuyers by announcing that houses worth up to £175,000 will be exempt from Stamp Duty - but Barratt Mercia is going even further by offering to scrap the tax on all its houses up to the value of £500,000.

Yesterday (Thursday 21st August) at 12.45pm, the Chairman of the Vale of White Horse District Council, Councillor Alison Rooke officially opened a brand new public footbridge in Abingdon.

For many first time buyers the dream of owning their own home can often seem just out of reach. But for househunters living in Oxfordshire, help is at hand in the form of the David Wilson Homes Southerns MyChoice HomeBuy scheme.

This is the final call for homebuyers looking to buy a new home at Barratt Mercia's Aquarius development on Witan Way in Witney, which is now over 90 per cent sold.

A historic Oxfordshire cottage so pretty it was twice pictured on boxes of Fry’s chocolates, and appeared as a 1,500 piece jigsaw, has come onto the market through Savills.

Oxford City Council last week (30 June) became the seventh council in England to adopt the Horticultural Trades Association’s (HTA) Greening the UK motion. The adoption of the motion, proposed by Councillor Jean Fooks, commits the council to ensuring that planting outlined in planning developments is actually installed and maintained. It also gives their support to exemplar schemes and the lobbying of local MPs to support the principles of the Greening the UK campaign within Parliament.

With the summer months upon us David Wilson Homes Southern is set to make Oxfordshire's temperature soar by holding a tropical Caribbean summer event at its Weavers Mews development in Witney.

Homebuyers in Oxfordshire are being asked the question, why put up with confusing deals offered with new homes today? Why not take advantage of the straight talking ‘Real Deal' which is currently being offered at Barratt Mercia's The Riverside Collection development on Thames View in Abingdon.

If you're planning to move up the property ladder but can't sell your current house, Barratt Mercia could smooth the way with their new and improved part-exchange offer.

Barratt Mercia is offering to prescribe the perfect remedy to buying a new home at its Saturday mortgage clinic which is being held at its Axis development on Merton Street in Banbury.

Homebuyers looking for relaxed yet modern waterside living are in for a treat with the beautiful townhouses on offer at Barratt Mercia's Riverside Collection development on Thames View in Abingdon. There are just five of these highly sought after three-bedroom townhouses remaining, all with stunning views overlooking the Abbey Stream making these beautiful and modern family homes.

The demand for a village home is as high as ever and this is certainly the case at Sandford Gardens in Marcham, built by award-winning housebuilder Linden Homes Thames Valley. With only four homes remaining, purchasers are advised to come and see the fabulous Show Home and experience first hand the lifestyle these new village homes can afford buyers.

Location, location, location is the well-used mantra of the estate agent, but is this the all-important factor when selling, or buying a home? The location of any new home has such a significant impact on our lifestyles, so its not surprising that it is top of the agenda for many purchasers. One such location that stands out from the crowd, offering the best of town and country living, is the quaint village of Eynsham in Oxfordshire, where award-winning homebuilder Linden Homes Thames Valley has created the delightful Newland Place.

Residents in Wantage have welcomed the opening of a new area of public open space, including a stunning piece of mosaic artwork. Situated off Chapel Close the area of open space has been designed for the enjoyment of local residents and features a central mosaic map created by artist Rob Turner and depicting the famous Ridgeway trail.

Getting a local’s seal of approval for a new homes development is often hard, but award-winning homebuilder Linden Homes Thames Valley have received just that at Cherwell Gate, Linden’s prestigious new development in Banbury, Oxfordshire. After appointing Connells as the selling agents, Linden was thrilled to find that its New Homes Sales Manager, Kelly Sharman has been a resident of Banbury all her life.

Persimmon Homes has opened the first show home at its popular Northcourt Square development in Abingdon. The three bedroom Avebury show home has been dressed in a refreshing neutral palette which perfectly showcases the wealth of living space within this delightful three storey home.

Builders Ede has today announced that it will offer an ‘assisted purchase scheme’ on a range of new apartments the company is building at the Willow Brook development close to Abingdon town centre and at the Mill Walk development in the centre of Witney.