Property

Last year was one of contrasts in the Leicestershire, Rutland and north Northamptonshire region.

An apprentice for award-winning housebuilder, Miller Homes East Midlands, is being recognised for his achievements and commitment to his training to become a fully qualified joiner.

Anyone buying a home needs a solicitor to carry out the legal side of the process. However, as well as solicitors, there are other companies and individuals who carry out in this type of work, but who are not solicitors.

MOVING into the catchment area of a good school is becoming more and more important for homebuyers, according to a new report. People looking to move to the catchment area for their preferred school for September 2012 should think about putting their property on the market now.

Miller Homes is promising to open doors for househunters looking to move this September, with TV legend Keith Chegwin on hand to hand-deliver a cash prize of £2,500 to one lucky visitor to one of its developments.

The UK’s leading rural property services provider Smiths Gore has opened a residential agency office in Stamford. The office is headed by Ed Russell who joins from Knight Frank where he was responsible for Country House sales in the Midlands area.

At least 100,000 first-time buyers who have no help from the ‘bank of mum and dad’ were unable to enter the housing market last year, as the number of low deposit mortgages slumped to a record low.

All home owners with a septic tank and or sewage treatment plant that does not have an Environment Agency permit, must now follow new environmental regulations which require them to register for a free Environment Agency discharge exemption for discharges of sewage effluent by 1 January 2012 warns A

4.3 million homes in the UK are situated in an off-grid area with no access to mains gas.

Introduce us to Fothergill Wyatt... Peter: Fothergill Wyatt opened in June to offer a professional and innovative approach to property marketing whilst providing outstanding client care.