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X FACTOR finalist Rhydian Roberts will bring high-voltage operatic magic to the switch-on of Sheffield’s Christmas lights this Sunday.

The event will be hosted by Antony Cotton who plays Sean Tully in Coronation Street, and Bobby Knutt, a South Yorkshire comic will also be making an appearance.

The event, organised by Sheffield Council with Real Radio, will be hosted by breakfast show presenters Daryl Denham and Gayle Lofthouse on the main stage in Barker’s Pool. The stars from The Lyceum theatre’s Christmas pantomime Aladdin, including Strictly Come Dancing evictee Phil Daniels - Kevin Wicks in EastEnders - will be there, alongside Mickey Mouse and other children’s TV characters.

View the full story at www.thestar.co.uk

City centre flats dominate a survey indicating the 10 areas in England and Wales with the biggest annual fall in property prices.

A recent survey conducted by mouseprice.com suggests Deansgate in Manchester, Erebus Drive in Thamesmead in London, Elmwood Lane in Leeds, and Millsands in Sheffield, South Yorkshire (15.1% drop) have witnessed the biggest falls in prices.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

The survey was based on Land Registry sale price statistics and updated with valuation data gathered from surveyors.

Click here to view the full story from the BBC.

If you own or manage Property To Let in Barnsley or any other South Yorkshire location then you can advertise for free.

David Wood of David A Wood & Associates a low cost fixed fee estate agent in South Yorkshire and operating from offices in Barnsley is offering all landlords in Sheffield the opportunity of advertising their property to let for free on his companies web site.

Landlords and letting agents with property to rent in Doncaster or any other South Yorkshire location can list up to 500 properties for free and take full control of their listings, all enquiries are delivered directly to the account holder, all rentals are negotiated between the landlords or agency direct with each enquirer, there’s no fee or commission to pay what so ever.

There’s one stipulation, the Property for Rent must be located within the South Yorkshire region in the areas of Barnsley, Sheffield, Doncaster or Rotherham. To find out more email Christopher Wood

This year, George Wimpey will be unveiling their newest development through three showhomes – one spacious five bedroom, three story detached house and a three and a four bedroom townhouse. All their new properties will be styled and furnished to the very best in modern living. Penistone, South Yorskhire, is an unspoilt small town with excellent schooling facilities, a beautiful countryside just a short hike away and all major commuting links on its doorstep (see map).

Smack Bang in the middle of Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Barnsley and Doncaster

There are regular bus services to and from Barnsley, Sheffield, Huddersfield, Stocksbridge  (see  Travel South Yorkshire for time tables). Also there are regular trains to and from Sheffield, Huddersfield, Barnsley, Leeds, Manchester (see Northern Rail for towns serviced and time tables). By road, Penistone is only 15 minutes from the M1, 10 minutes to the A628 Woodhead Pass and 30 minutes from Huddersfield.

Details on new developments and initiatives offered by George Wimpey can be found at www.georgewimpey.co.uk

Layout plan of Emarald Green, Penistone, South Yorskhire

Penistone show is held annually and is a fantastic family day out, I would recommend anyone who hasn’t been before to come along and find out why this event is so popular throughout Yorkshire.

“The aims of Penistone Show are to provide an agricultural show, which promotes the countryside, agriculture & horticulture and associated interests. There are various livestock on display i.e. Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Goats, Pigeons, Hens, Bantams, Shire Horses, Lurchers, Terriers, Companion Dogs and many more. There are exhibitions and displays including Vintage vehicles, Owls, Farriers, Dry Stone Walling, Hounds, Handicrafts, Horticulture, Photogaphy etc. Also promoted is the local farmers market where you can buy fresh produce direct from the growers, Butchers, Bakers, Cake makers, Jam Makers. The list is endless.”
- Penistone Show Homepage

Most popular countryside show in South Yorkshire

FreeIndex is a UK-wide business directory that is now integral to the online marketing strategy of over 85,000 businesses.

Funded by discreet 3rd party advertising, the site is absolutely free of charge to all UK businesses that wish to advertise their products and services. Unlike other UK directories which buy and sell their data, FreeIndex is spam free. We guarantee never to cold call you and never to sell your company data to anyone else who might.

With well over 650,000 unique monthly visitors, the site is now one of the most detailed sources of company information in the UK, and features human edited content, pictures, reviews, product catalogues, jobs and maps.

The site was initially launched in 2003 when Martin Turner (the founder of FreeIndex) set out with the idea of creating a new kind of directory that was not funded by charging businesses to be included. Every company that is featured on the site has added their business details themselves and can update this information whenever they like. To ensure that the overall quality is kept high all updates are manually reviewed by a content team.

The point is that whether you have a huge marketing budget or none whatsoever, FreeIndex allows all UK companies to achieve a professional and effective presence on the web completely free of charge.

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If you’re a landlord or letting agent in the Barnsley, Sheffield, Rotherham or Doncaster area of South Yorkshire then I’d like to invite you to list your properties to let for FREE. That’s right, there’s nothing to pay it’s an absolute free service which is only available throughout South Yorkshire. For further details please contact us here

If a low cost fixed fee agent offered to sell your £300.000 detached bungalow in Barnsley for a fixed fee of £995 and a traditional high street estate agent said he’d sell the same property for 1% = £3.000 which one would you instruct to sell your house, if they both promised you the same service?

Do you think traditional high street estate agents should be doing more to help home owners in the current market?

Broadcasters in the UK have decided to ditch the lifestyle and property shows in favour of thrifty money saving shows, so much so that the BBC have announced it’s making three new property shows that discuss the collapse in the property market and axing of agents in favour of self selling property without an estate agent. I believe the three shows will be screened sometime commencing in October. Shows like Location, location, location on Channel 4 will be revamped to reflect the current difficulty of getting a mortgage.

I recently read that a local Tory today called on Gordon Brown to abandon the controversial Home Information Packs to help boost the beleaguered housing market. It went on to say that, uncertainty over whether or not the Government will introduce a stamp duty suspension or deferment scheme has already slowed housing sales say local estate agents throughout the region.

It also mentioned that Spencer Pitfield, Parliamentary candidate for Penistone and Stocksbridge, says the Prime Minister should use government powers to suspend HIPs altogether. Read more..

Source: The Star by Gail Robinson

Redundant or out of work Estate Agents throughout the South Yorkshire are invited to work from home. David Wood former sales and marketing director of the Horizon Property Group has recently launched a new web site, dwood-property.com a Low Cost Fixed Fee Estate Agency Network in the Barnsley and Sheffield areas of South Yorkshire. Read more..