A West Midland and Shropshire estate agent which saw its website hits top one million this year has revamped the experience for buyers and sellers with a new 21st century…
Author: Caroline Eaton
Mortgage market Shake up
A wide-ranging shake-up of the mortgage market has been unveiled today by the financial services regulator FSA, aiming to prevent a return of irresponsible lending and stop borrowers taking out…
Paying mortgage is cheaper than renting
Paul Farrow wrote in The Daily Telegraph on 14th December 2011: Mortgage repayments are cheaper than rental bills but many first-time borrowers can’t get a mortgage. Renting a home is…
Shropshire Community Infrastructure Levy
Bruce Attwood, associate partner of estate agency Berriman Eaton in Bridgnorth, said he believed the possible introduction of the Shropshire Community Infrastructure Levy could have a significant impact on the…
Latest housing strategy by the government – review by the NAEA
GOVERNMENT HOUSING STRATEGY NOV 2011 The Government published a rather weighty housing strategy review last week. One of the points in it is a Mortgage Interest Guarantee for First Time…
Wolverhampton estate agents raising money for Compton Hospice
Berriman Eaton for the second year running helped out at the prestigious residential home Sunrise, Tettenhall to host their fashion show in aid of Compton Hospice. Mel, Linda, Lynn, Andrew…
Bridgnorth Office Negotiator In Cliff Rescue
Ben and Rachael brave 300ft drop to reach car plunge victim A heroic Bridgnorth couple rescued a woman whose car was left teetering on the edge of a Cornish cliff…
Property Stamp Duty Suggested Reforms
David Wighton in The Times writes the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) suggests scrapping stamp duty and reforming council tax. Today’s banding system favours the rich – if you live…
Berriman Eaton Editorial – Wolverhampton West Magazine
Looking through some old sale particulars the other day which dated from the 1890s I realised how much things had changed over the years and thought it might be of…
How Long Before I Can Claim Land As My Own?
Mail On Sunday – By Ross Clark I have been trying to get adverse possession of a fenced-off piece of land at the bottom of my garden since I bought…