
The biggest scheme of council house building in Sandwell since the 1970s, which will see between 500 and 1,000 homes built to beat the slump in the property market, was revealed today.
A council tax rise of 3.5 per cent for households across Wolverhampton - the lowest in 15 years - is due to be approved tonight.
An historic West Bromwich pub is once again under threat just months after being saved from the bulldozer by its regulars. A planning application has been lodged to turn the 250-year-old Sow & Pigs in Hill Top, into homes.
House prices across the country plummeted by 15.9 per cent in 2008 – the largest drop on record.
An executive-style Stafford house, marketed two years ago for nearly half a million pounds, looks set to be sold for just £323,000.
A printing factory in Walsall which used to make stamps for Royal Mail could be bulldozed to make way for a new housing development.
Walsall is one of just eight areas across the country where more than five per cent of homes are left lying empty, a survey by the Halifax bank revealed today.
Final details about a 5,000-home development on the outskirts of Lichfield have finally been submitted - moving the plans a step closer to reality.