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Long Standing Traditions Come Together

8th May 2007

McCartneys Estate Agents and savings and mortgage provider Dudley Building Society have joined forces with the opening of two new agency branches in McCartneys offices at Craven Arms and Leominster. The new agencies opened for business on 8th May and offer the Society’s full range of investment and savings products. McCartneys staff are now trained to offer the Dudley Building Society’s product portfolio and the new service will be available “on clients doorsteps”. Read more...

Extended Property Services for Bishops Castle Office

8th May 2007

McCartneys Bishops Castle office continues its growth by increasing and extending its range of professional property services available in South West Shropshire. Read more...

South Shropshire Farm for Sale

2nd May 2007

South Shropshire
Lower Postons Farm, Clee St Margarets, Nr Ludlow
5 Miles from Ludlow on Clee St Margarets road
A PRODUCTIVE LIVESTOCK AND ARABLE FARM
224.83 acres with House, Buildings
Pasture & Arable
For sale by Private Treaty As a whole Or in 4 Lots
Lot 1 House Buildings & 11.98 acres
Lot 2 Land 74.06 acres
Lot 3 Land 21.32 acres
Lot 4 Land and Buildings 117.47 acres

Details from McCartneys Kington Tel: 01544 230316
Richard Gwilliam: Tel: 07970 160891 Read more...

Farm for Sale BY Private Treaty

2nd May 2007

FARM FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY
Upon the kind instructions of Mrs H Brooks
FFOS – Y – BAR FARM, SENNYBRIDGE, BRECON, POWYS.

A productive livestock farm with an attractive traditional 4 bed roomed farmhouse and a useful range of modern farm buildings together with approximately 130 acres of sound upland pasture land and additional hill grazing rights on the adjoining hill.
For sale as a whole.

Further information and particulars form the Sole Agents, McCartneys LLP,
Brecon Office on 01874 610990 or Mr Gareth Wall MRICS FAAV on 07974 143336 Read more...

Photographic Competition

1st May 2007

We invite your photos on the theme

“TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGING”

Cash Prizes
First £100, Second £50, Third £25

The winning photo will be featured in the next edition of
Rural Matters Newsletter

Entries close Thursday 31st May 2007

Entries to be judged by Richard Stanton
(Independent Professional Photographer)

Please send your photo entry to:
Dawn Hulland, The Livestock Market, The Ox Pasture, Overton Road, Ludlow, Shropshire, SY8 4AA Read more...

Land Fetches over £15,000 an Acre.

1st May 2007

John Uffold, Chairman of McCartneys local auctioneers and chartered surveyors, said he couldn’t remember as much interest in a piece of land as that expressed in the 1.78 acres at Brimfield Cross, sold by auction earlier this week. The bidding reached £27,250, in excess of £15,000 an acre, for the agricultural accommodation land. There was a packed auction room, not only for this property but others being marketed by McCartneys. Read more...

House Prices on the Up?

1st February 2007 - T. Wyn Jones

It is forecasted that by the end of 2007 the average home will cost almost £220,000 compared to £100,000 just four years ago. However there is a danger that the bubble will burst in 2008 if the rise in house prices does not slow down. With banks and building societies preparing to lend a billion pounds everyday the result could be disastrous for both first time buyers and those with a high percentage mortgage who are in essence gambling with their homes. Read more...

Unusual Signed Postcards Discovered

25th January 2007

McCartneys recent fine art and antique sale at their Ludlow showroom, included a collection of signed antique postcards bearing the signatures of Houdini, Groucho Marx, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy and Buster Keaton. Read more...

The Shape of Things to Come

1st January 2007 - T. Wyn Jones

Recent research claims that better and more regular training for Local Authority Councillors and greater involvement in forward planning would improve the predictability and quality of local planning decisions. Read more...

Go West Young Man

15th December 2006 - T. Wyn Jones

If I were to be asked what I thought was this years most significant feature of the regional property market I would have to say it was the ever increasing migration westwards of prospective purchasers which in turn has lead to significant increases in property prices. Read more...