Miller Homes urges buyers to discover the benefits of buying new

With New Homes Week marking the start of the Autumn peak home buying period, Miller Homes is urging people to visit its developments to discover the benefits of buying a new Miller Home now.

According to Peter Vella, Miller Homes Sales Director: “With interest in the housing market currently increasing there is real concern that supply of new homes will not meet demand. It may not be long before house prices start to rise again, so now is the ideal time to check out Miller Homes and see the properties on offer.”

Looking at the longer term, figures released from the Office of National Statistics confirm the UK population is at an all time high, passing 61 million and currently growing by 0.7% per year. The demand for homes is likely to be constant or increasing for the years ahead. The figures also show that the UK population grew by 408,000 in 2008, the biggest increase for almost fifty years. Peter added: “You know the buyers market cannot last. For anyone considering a move, my advice is to buy now before prices rise again and before other buyers enter the market and compete with you for your home of your dreams.”

Miller Homes is a good place to start your search. It has been building homes for 75 years this year and is now one of the UK’s largest house builders. It has built an award winning reputation for quality homes [details of the award wins are at www.millerhomes.co.uk] and is still a privately owned company with a strong customer care ethic. It regularly publishes its independently researched customer satisfaction scores, which now stand at 91 percent of customers would happily recommend Miller Homes to their best friend.

Innovation plays a major part in being a market leading house builder. In these post credit crunch times helping people buy and move to their dream home is of primary importance.

To this end Miller Homes’ is one of the countries leading providers of new homes in the Government backed HomeBuy Direct initiative. A scheme that provides a stepping-stone approach to home ownership. HomeBuy Direct is aimed at helping households with an income of less that £60,000 a year, first time buyers, key workers, families living in overcrowded accommodation and people re-entering the property market after a relationship breakdown. It achieves this by enabling these people to take an equity loan of up to 30 per cent of the purchase price. This will be co-funded by Miller Homes and the Government. The equity loan is in effect a deposit of up to 30%, which opens access to some of the best mortgage deals available. One further bonus of the scheme is that the equity loan is only repayable after 25 years, and there is no interest payable for the first five years.

As well as innovative ways of purchasing a new home, Miller Homes
also provide excellent value in terms of design, energy efficiency, security and specification.

New homes are greener than older properties and are not only better for the environment but can save homeowners money on energy bills. Research, commissioned by the New Homes Marketing Board, shows living in a new home could save people around £556 per year, on average, compared with living in an older built home.

With a new property people get an NHBC 10 year guarantee and space that is pristine and untouched by previous owners so there is no dodgy wiring, decorating, repairs in need of urgent attention or grime to remove. Weekends need not be taken up with DIY but can be spent enjoying life with family and friends. A brand new home is also a blank canvas that people can use to express their personality through their choice of furniture and decor.

To find out more about Miller Homes’ developments in the North West, log on to millerhomes.co.uk.