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Former council children's home in Hockley sells for £860,000

The Clissold Street site went for more than three times its guide price at a Bond Wolfe auction that raised £24m.

24 October 2026 Source: BirminghamWorld

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The shopping centre between Corporation Street and Bull Street could be replaced by homes, offices and a 60-storey tower.

23 October 2026 Source: Place Midlands

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GreenSquareAccord has kept the Pershore Road block and will let it as general needs housing, with the shared roof garden and lounge locked.

22 October 2026 Source: Birmingham Live

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Richard Parker has launched a call for projects as more of the multi-billion-pound fund is opened up to the private sector.

21 October 2026 Source: BirminghamWorld

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The £300m build-to-rent scheme on Great Charles Street ends six years of work on a site that had stood undeveloped for more than 70 years.

20 October 2026 Source: Place Midlands

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56 of 151 murders in two years were connected to exempt accommodation or shared houses, as a BBC Panorama investigation airs tonight.

19 October 2026 Source: Birmingham Live

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Avamore Ltd left one of three blocks on the Coventry Road without the required alarm system for six months beyond the deadline.

18 October 2026 Source: Birmingham Live

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Planners unanimously approved the scheme, which includes 47 affordable homes, but regretted the lack of family-sized ones.

17 October 2026 Source: Birmingham Live

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A Sparkhill firm's TikTok video promised a console, a Dyson Airwrap or a holiday to anyone who stayed four months.

16 October 2026 Source: Birmingham Live

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The Regulator of Social Housing says it has no confidence in the Birmingham firm's viability, and a councillor is its interim chief executive.

16 October 2026 Source: Birmingham Live