Homes News

Bellway North London hopes to be able to welcome the first residents into their new homes at St James' Park in early 2023.

Award-winning Economics in Ten podcaster Gavin Simpson, who was born and brought up in Stortford, delves into the housing development issue...

As third phase of 96 properties nears completion, the housebuilder has begun work on the fourth phase of 41 new homes.

Research by Savills shows 3,857 properties were sold in 2021, up from 2,973 in 2019 – but the number coming onto the market was down 15%.

Scheme open to owners, private tenants and people in social rented accommodation where the home has low energy rating and low income.

The deal means the housebuilder will be constructing 374 of the 750 homes planned at Countryside's 131-acre scheme off Whittington Way.

District council leader Linda Haysey appointed chairwoman of newly-formed Hertfordshire Infrastructure and Development Board.

The West Road woes have been described by town, district and county councillor Eric Buckmaster as “beyond the pale”.

First show home at railway station development – one of 149 one-, two- and three-bedroom flats from £265,000 – to open September 25.

But there's an imbalance between supply and demand as number of homes for sale in first half of 2021 drops 21% compared to first half of 2019.

Bellway's The Exchange is the first residential phase within the wider £200m regeneration scheme around the railway station by Solum.

Karen Chui, from Nockolds' residential property team based in Bishop's Stortford, has advice on how to ensure moving home goes as smoothly as possible

Bishop's Stortford estate agent Savills welcomes Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Budget property market measures.

Kooky bought two of the five blocks next to Stortford station as part of plans to acquire a portfolio of properties in key locations around London.

At 4.7% of the district's housing stock, it is the eighth highest concentration of £1m-plus homes of any local authority in the region.

"Many elderly and retired people who want to downsize are prevented from doing so because of the eye-watering high tax bill they will face."

The half-acre plot, with planning permission for two four-bedroom houses, is expected to be sold at auction for at least £500,000.

News that development work is to begin on land off West Road has sparked concerns among residents.

Affluent buyers looking for more space and change of lifestyle are behind the boom, according to North Street estate agent Savills.

Savills says 456 agreed house sales in the district were recorded in the four weeks to mid-August – more than double the 2019 figure.