Investors are expected to show keen interest at auction for a detached two-flat opportunity near Plymouth University. Located in Wyndham Street East, it has a freehold guide price of £150,000 to £165,000 and is among the West Country lots listed for sale by the regional land and property auctioneers Clive Emson in July. Katie Semmens, Senior Auction Valuer, said: “With its ‘Grade A’ location,...
Three councils have teamed up to work on a Joint Local Plan to ensure future developments meet the needs of all residents.
Plymouth City Council, South Hams District Council and West Devon Borough Council are working together to prepare the Plymouth and South West Devon Joint Local Plan.
It brings together work that has previously been carried out separately by the three...
The latest survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has revealed that growth in the construction market has remained positive in the South West over the last three months.
Private housing workloads showed the greatest increase with 48% more of those working in the sector reporting a rise in activity rather than a fall over the first quarter of 2016. During the last...
Getting onto the first rung of the property ladder can seem an impossible struggle; but Plymouth couple Amy and Julian Relf have moved into their dream home thanks to Westward and Help to Buy’s Shared Ownership scheme.
The first-time buyers are now the proud joint owners, with Westward, of a two-bedroom home in the stunning location of Boston Close, The Boatyard, Oreston, overlooking...
Firefighters have issued a warning to owners of thatched properties.
The warning comes following a fire which destroyed the Ring of Bells pub in North Bovey yesterday (Wednesday 13 January).
Ten fire engines attended the incident and fire crews worked throughout the night to extinguish the blaze and prevent it from spreading to nearby thatched properties. A crew is still at the...
The typical downsizers looking for a smaller home for their retirement has been replaced by a new breed of buyers who put space, location and a new lease of life at the top of their priority list.
Five star housebuilder David Wilson Homes said that it is seeing a rise in the number of people who are making a move to Plymouth long before retirement – movers it is calling the rightsizers...
House sales continue to pick up across the South West in September supported by a modest improvement in the availability of mortgage finance, according to the latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey.
Across the region, 19% more chartered surveyors saw a rise in agreed sales, with 23% more respondents expecting a rise in sales expectations over the next three months. This trend in...
The RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) is calling for more to be done to help young first time buyers better understand the process of buying a property, starting with increasing their access to knowledge of the local housing market.
This news comes after a survey conducted by NatWest revealed that while optimistic about getting on to the property ladder; many ‘millennials...
Plymouth City Council is launching an awareness campaign to remind people to inform them of any changes in circumstances for housing benefits.
The ‘It’s great to be up to date’ campaign - which has been grant funded by the Department of Work and Pensions - aims to encourage more people to come forward and tell the Council about important life changes.
A new rent-to-own housing model that will give thousands of tenants their first step onto the housing ladder has been launched with plans to deliver 5,000 affordable homes across England by 2020.
The new model has been created by housing company Rentplus with the financial backing of private and institutional investors and the first agreements to deliver 900 homes have been approved by...
