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16th May 2012 - Renting on the rise as owners seek to move on
The English are getting comfortable with renting, according to a Warwickshire housing specialist. Claire Clark, newly appointed residential lettings manager at the Stratford-upon-Avon office of chartered surveyors and auctioneers CPBigwood, said attitudes had changed.
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11th May 2012 - CPBigwood calls for regulation of managing agents
Midlands property agents CPBigwood have welcomed a new call for greater regulation of the leasehold sector. The fresh push follows a House of Lords debate on the subject and comes despite the Government’s refusal to act, arguing it should be something for the industry itself to sort out.
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Midlands housebuilder Kendrick Homes has snapped up another site in the village of Astwood Bank – where it is already working. With the help of agents CPBigwood it has purchased a former offices and commercial complex on High Street for an undisclosed sum.
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3rd May 2012 - CPBigwood promotes Tom Dennes to head up residential agency
Tom Dennes has been appointed as Head of Residential Agency in Warwickshire and the West Midlands at chartered surveyors and auctioneers CPBigwood. And the news comes as CPBigwood has announced plans to launch a Birmingham residential agency service from its flagship Colmore Row branch this summer.
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1st May 2012 - Hot lots heat up CPBigwood’s latest auction
A Sutton Coldfield house and a former school in Aston were the stars of the latest CPBigwood auction. Held at the Holte Suite, Aston Villa Football Club, the room was once again packed, with around 600 eager purchasers. A total of 93 lots were offered. Including ten sold prior to the event, 67 unconditional exchanges of contracts saw a 72 per cent success rate and a total of more than £9 million raised.
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23rd April 2012 - Black Country bargains feature in next CPBigwood auction
A host of Black Country property bargains feature in the next CPBigwood auction at Aston Villa’s ground in Birmingham on Thursday, April 26. The hammer will fall on 101 lots including 51 residential properties with vacant possession, 26 residential investment properties of which a number are regulated tenancies, and five pubs. A total of 27 properties are on behalf of Law of Property Act (LPA) receivers and mortgagees, highlighting the continued demanding economic climate.
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18th April 2012 - Actor and actress set to exit stage right
Actor and actress couple Paul Greenwood and his wife Claire Nielson are set to say a sad farewell to Warwickshire. After 26 years the Greenwoods are planning to move to London for family reasons and admit it will be a “wrench”. Now their home near Welford-on-Avon is on the market through agents and auctioneers CPBigwood, with an asking price of £370,000.
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12th April 2012 - Bargain home buyers set for some hot auction action
A period-style home in Sutton Coldfield has set the phones ringing ahead of the next CPBigwood auction at Aston Villa’s ground in Birmingham on Thursday, April 26 Draycott, 25 Drifford, close to Sutton town centre goes under the hammer on behalf of Birmingham City Council, with a guide price of £280,000.
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11th April 2012 - Shrieves Walk set to benefit from CPBigwood TLC
CPBigwood has won a first managing agents contract with Midland property investors and developers Grevayne Properties. The commercial management team will be looking after a parade of nine shops at Shrieves Walk, off Sheep Street, in Stratford-upon-Avon.
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5th April 2012 - Lovingly restored lock-keeper’s cottage goes to auction
An historic and lovingly restored former lock-keeper’s cottage is to go under the hammer at CPBigwood’s next auction on Thursday, April 26.
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