West Midlands Property News

One of Shirley's most popular and visited showhomes is now for sale – as seen and with all the designer fixtures and fittings thrown in! The four-bedroom, three storey ‘Byron’ townhouse at Heritage Gate off the Stratford Road by Bryant Homes is inspired by classic Georgian architecture – and inside the colour scheme of bold black furniture and lavish silver is well on-trend with the current vogue for monochrome interiors, and opulent gold and silver themes.

George Wimpey West Midlands have come up with a scheme “good enough to eat” at its flagship Victoria Gardens development on the former North site of the famous Cape Hill Brewery in Smethwick, Birmingham!

When West Brom builder Jason Lines decided to invest in property for the first time it was definitely a case of sticking close to home. Jason is site manager for George Wimpey West Midlands at flagship development Wesley Gardens on Bank Street and could think of no better place to buy a property - and one he built himself!

A Barratt site manager from the West Midlands has been named the divisional ‘Site Manager of the Year' for his hard work at the housebuilder's Edenside development on Elwell Street in Wedensbury. This internal award sees managers across all 24 of Barratt's developments in the West Midlands, marked on certain criteria ranging from quality, to health and safety to the paperwork.

New Wordsley development Lawnswood Ride has got its first new residents - and it was ‘easy' street all the way! Locals Laura Shutt (24) who works in HR and partner Matt Jones (28) a design engineer got their first place together via George Wimpey's ‘EasyStart' shared equity scheme that enables you to pay just 75% now of the asking price.

Due to an unprecedented autumn sales surge that's bucking all the current property trends, St Peter's Walk on the Wednesfield Road by George Wimpey West Midlands is now 90% sold. So, apart from a few two bedroom apartments (from just £85,995) the remaining properties are all in the new-style Willow four bedroom, three-storey design - which is being touted as the saviour for parents who can't get in the bathroom for kids.

Property-seekers looking for a new home this Christmas should get their skates on to live in a beautiful new home at George Wimpey's Leacroft development near Birmingham.

A piece of Black Country history has recently been preserved - a listed kiln from one of the area's oldest glassmaking firms is now the centrepiece of Barratt West Midlands' Brierley Hill development, Honeybourne Park.

With just six homes remaining at Barratt West Midlands' Lydiate Place development in Birmingham, the housebuilder is urging families to take advantage of these unique properties while they are still available.

Couples looking to buy their first home together in time for Christmas need look no further than Barratt West Midlands' Westminster Place development in West Heath for affordable inspiration.

Homebuyers Andrea and Jason Williams found that moving home was as easy and hassle-free, thanks to David Wilson Mercia's Movemaker scheme which they used to buy the home of their dreams at the housebuilder's Poppyfields development on Leamore Lane in Walsall.

Barratt West Midlands is offering the Christmas shopping spree of a lifetime for the buyer who reserves the last five-bedroom Thornton home at its Merryfields development in Dudley. The spacious, luxury family home comes wrapped up with a £1,000 gift card to spend at nearby Westfield shopping centre, Merry Hill.

Today's announcement (6th November) by the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee to reduce the interest rate by 1.5 per cent to three per cent will be welcomed by house hunters across the West Midlands and will boost confidence that now is definitely a good time to buy a new home.

Celebrate Daniel Craig's welcome return to our cinema screens as British Secret Service Agent Commander James Bond in the Quantum of Solace with a visit to the new Bond-themed showhome at Manby Gate - Persimmon Homes' development in Tipton. In homage to Ian Fleming's fictional MI6 agent, Persimmon has incorporated a striking James Bond theme in the Rushmere showhome at this Black Country-based development.

Homebuyers looking to find their dream home need look no further than to David Wilson Mercia's Hamlet Place development on Bloomfield Road in Tipton, where a brand new show home has now been opened to the public.

A new Charles Church showhome featuring the finest specification and kitted out with added extras is sure to impress, and the new Ravendale showhome at Gotherington Hall is no exception. However, any purchaser who reserves here in November can live in a home of the same quality as the showhome, as Charles Church will fit Ravendale upgrades to their new home!

The Chillingham showhome at Barratt West Midlands' Monarch Fields development has just been released for sale and comes all wrapped up ready to offer its buyers the fairytale Christmas of a lifetime.

Trimpley Mews is a small development of just ten three bedroom family semis in a superb location overlooking the green in the popular Bartley Green area of Birmingham.

Barratt West Midlands employee, Dario Scimeca gave Barratt Homes the ultimate seal of approval when he joined forces with his father to buy one of the company's luxury apartments in Skyline - a development in the centre of Birmingham.

Homebuyers in Birmingham are being invited to find their own chocolate heaven at housebuilder Barratt West Midlands' Kensington Gardens development on Short Heath Road in Tyseley. A brand new three-bedroom chocolate inspired showhome has been officially opened to the public. The elegant Kingsville style three-bedroom, three-storey home has been stylishly designed and dressed by interior design firm, Designer Contracts.

Days before Daniel Craig makes a welcome return to our cinema screens as British Secret Service Agent Commander James Bond in the Quantum of Solace, avid followers of the film should make a point of visiting the new Bond-themed showhome at Manby Gate - Persimmon Homes' development in Tipton.

The latest and last phase of a flagship homes venture in the heart of Birmingham will be released for sale this Friday (31st ). Awarding winning Redrow has ‘built' on the choice available at Jupiter and released the final phase which is aptly named ‘Sinope' - after one of planet Jupiter's moons.

With quality-built homes at lower than ever prices and a choice of cash saving offers, now could be a better time than any to move. Award-winning housebuilder Redrow believes the combination of attractive deals being offered at all its developments across the Midlands, together with the wide choice of homes available at extremely competitive prices, should work in homebuyers' favour.

Homebuyers looking for their dream home should look no further than to David Wilson Mercia's Poppyfields development on Leamore Lane in Walsall where plot 29 is now available to buy with the help of David Wilson's Easy Start scheme.

When 85 year old David Pole and his wife Edith first told their friends they were downsizing to a brand new apartment at David Wilson Mercia The Lenches development, everyone told them they were crazy, but three months after moving in the happily married couple have no regrets.