Housing Market

House prices across the West Midlands have risen by more than 5 per-cent in a year but locally it's first time buyers who are collecting the keys.

There's much talk about the housing bubbles in London and cities such as Bath and Bristol - but in Herefordshire and Worcestershire it's the bottom end of the market which is selling and the two counties is booming with first time buyers. Hereford estate agent Joanna Cobb spoke to BBC Hereford and Worcester's Nicola Goodwin...