Saturday, 17th May 2008

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Luxury for axed home residents

Sunrise Care home

Residents from a Staffordshire care home, axed due to spiralling costs, have been moved into a luxury complex – which charges more than £1,000 a week per person.

Super Bob kicks off new homes

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A £5.8 million landmark apartment scheme on Stone Cross Island in Wednesbury has been launched by ex-West Bromwich Albion star ‘Super’ Bob Taylor on behalf of Dasim Developments Ltd.  

Region hit by falling house prices

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House prices are falling in the West Midlands quicker than almost any other area, new figures reveal. Across the UK house prices fell for the seventh month in a row during April to leave homes costing less than they did a year ago.

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Lord it up for £21k per year

A chance of becoming the Lord of the Manor is on offer near Wolverhampton – costing a whopping £21,000 a year. The six-bedroom Manor House in Shifnal has been put on the market to let.

£15k fine after mansion makeover

A property developer has been ordered to pay £15,000 in fines and costs after spending £1 million restoring a mansion near Stourbridge – and falling foul of planning red tape.

60,000 new homes to stop exodus

More than 60,000 hew homes, half a million new jobs and multi millions of new investment is needed to persuade the next generation to stay in the Black Country, according to a new report.

Author’s home restored to glory

A solicitors firm is helping to preserve the history of one of Walsall’s most famous sons by restoring his birthplace to its former glory. Belsize house in Bradford Street was in a poor dilapidated condition until Edmunds and Co Solicitors took it on.

Fancy a breakfast browse?

Property developer David Wilson Homes Mercia will be hosting a special early-morning househunting session starting this Saturday. And because everybody knows what hungry work househunting is, organisers will be dishing up breakfast too.  

Developer’s buy-to-let pledge

A housing developer has said its latest scheme in Lichfield will offer buy-to-let investors a safe haven through troubled times for the industry.

Bank stops new mortgage deals

Internet and telephone bank First Direct has closed its doors to new customers seeking mortgages while two other lenders raised their rates for existing ones.