Shape Lettings

03/05/2021

Set in Birmingham and only less than 1 km from Birmingham Back to Backs, Avoca Court offers accommodation with garden views, free WiFi and free private...

27/08/2020

Why the mainstream news has fooled us all about a crash. 😳🤷‍♀️

Really insightful article this morning by Zoopla speaking on the growth and effects post . The time to sell your has dropped by a massive 31% meaning it’s taking 27 days on average to sell 💰 according to Zoopla.

What does this mean for you as a ?

if you are planning on your property then you are likely to see an average increase of 2.5% in value in comparison to last year this time however in some parts of the country it has risen as much as 4.4% 👀 in value.

If you own a 3 bed property then you can be looking at short selling times for your property as demand has spiked meaning are looking for more spacious properties to live in.

30/07/2020

The new complex would be built across 13 separate blocks.

14/07/2020

Data obtained from Freedom of Information request reveals that most local authorities consider checking EPC ratings in private rental sector a 'very low priority' although government says new enforcement toolkit due soon may change that.

10/07/2020

Great News!

Landlords have more mortgage products to choose from this month, although the range is still well below levels seen earlier this year The number of buy-to-let mortgages has slowly started to creep up after being shrunk by half during the lock-down. Landlords were limited to a choice of 1,455 product...

09/07/2020

“Nearly 9/10 homebuyers will pay no stamp duty with these changes”

Today the chancellor has announced a temporary holiday on stamp duty on the first £500,000 of property sales in England and Northern Ireland, to run until 31 March next year. This is welcome news for the property industry which saw a drop of up to 50% in transactions in Q2 2020. Key takeaways of Go...

07/07/2020

“one of the most rapidly improving places to work in Britain”

Birmingham ranks as one of the most important business regions of the UK, and its status has received a further boost after a major commercial acquisition.

11/06/2019

https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/hmoarticle4

New City-Wide Article 4 Direction and Cancellation of Existing Selly Oak, Harborne and Edgbaston Article 4 Direction relating to Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs)
The City Council has made a decision to introduce a city-wide Article 4 Direction, which will mean a planning application must be submitted for proposals to convert family houses (C3 use class) to small Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) accommodating between 3 and 6 people (C4 use class). The Council is now commencing a 6-week period to publicise the city-wide direction from Thursday 6 June 2019.
An existing Article 4 Direction for the same purpose is currently in place covering parts of Selly Oak, Harborne and Edgbaston. To avoid duplication in coverage, this existing direction will be cancelled, but to ensure that there is no gap in coverage the cancellation will happen on the same day that the new city-wide direction will come in to force.
The Council is inviting public comments as part of this publicity period. These will be taken in to account when the direction is confirmed later this year. Following confirmation, the direction will come in to force on Monday 8 June 2020. The consultation will close on Thursday 18 July 2019.
If you are the landlord of an existing small HMO, we are asking that you declare this to us and provide details of the address of the property and any evidence to show that it is an existing HMO. This will ensure that we have as much information as possible about existing HMOs in the city before the Article 4 Direction becomes enforceable.

New City-Wide Article 4 Direction and Cancellation of Existing Selly Oak, Harborne and Edgbaston Article 4 Direction relating to Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs)

16/05/2019

There are more than 6,000 HMOs in the city, figures have revealed

18/04/2019

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