East England
Colchester tops list of investment hotspots
Over the next few years the market town of Colchester is set to be transformed with £1.5 billion being spent on regeneration in the area. This includes major investment into transport infrastructure, including a new junction on the A12, better shopping facilities, a 500 space multi storey car park, potential for an improved town rail station and service, new community amenities, and both residential and mixed-use developments.
Stress less with part exchange
Take the worry out of selling your home with Charles Church’s easy Part Exchange scheme at its new development ‘Stapleford Park’ in Great Cambourne.

Youth Games Partnership reaches fourth year
For the fourth consecutive year, Redrow Homes is proudly sponsoring the Suffolk Youth Games, building on its track record of involvement in youth and community projects.

Brand new homes, brand new vision
George Wimpey East Midlands is set for a Peterborough premiere, launching a stunning range of homes never before seen in the city. Vision at Hampton Hargate is the leading housebuilder’s contemporary new development, ideally located in an up-and-coming community that’s set to appeal to first-time buyers, families and commuters alike.
Make an executive decision – buy with Persimmon
When it comes to executive homes Persimmon Homes East Midlands has it covered, with a host of impressive executive homes to choose from at the company’s acclaimed new housing site, Persimmon Court in Cambourne.
Show homes open at Persimmon Court
Persimmon Homes has unveiled two stylish show homes at its popular Persimmon Court development in Leighton Buzzard. Styled to showcase two very different house types and two very different colour schemes, the show homes at Persimmon Court provide visitors with a wonderful insight into the choice of properties available at the development.

Moving on up in Bury St Edmunds
If your family is expanding fast and you need a family home to grow with your needs, why not consider a move to Broad Oaks in Bury St Edmunds, where you’ll never have to worry about lack of space again.

Ex-army wife finds a simpler way of life
For ex-army wife, Valerie Mills, who has lived in Colchester for over 25 years, the local community is extremely important. Having been surrounded by a traditional garrison community for many years, Valerie was keen to maintain the feel of Colchester’s well established community, but wanted an adaptable living space to suit her lifestyle. Fortuna Park, the new joint development by Countryside Properties and Annington Homes, offered the perfect solution.
Looking for a new home in Witham? Better visit soon!
The warm weather is attracting a stream of visitors to The Hawthorns, Barratt’s attractive new development close to the market town of Witham in Essex. With many of the properties already sold off-plan, Barratt is advising house hunters to visit quickly if they want the best choice of homes!
New homes come to Stansted Mountfitchet
Homebuyers looking for the peaceful way of life synonymous with a village home will be excited at the prospect of a brand new development as leading home builder, Persimmon Homes Essex, continues to invest in the area with a its exciting Foresthall Park development in Stansted Mountfitchet.
Stunning show home at Saxon Grange
Persimmon Homes has unveiled the first show and view homes at its latest Bedford development, Saxon Grange. Offering house hunters a first glimpse of life inside the stylish development, the four bedroom detached Wexford show home boasts a neutral colour scheme with striking accents of rich reds and plums.
Balkerne Heights has all the right credentials
Professional property investor Grant Dempsey is convinced that Colchester has huge potential for investors; to prove it, he’s bought no less than three, four bedroom townhouses at Barratt’s Balkerne Heights development in Colchester and has his eye on buying a fourth and maybe even a fifth home!

Pioneers settle in at new village near Norwich
Kelvin and Rosalind Garrard are amongst the first to move in at a brand new village in Costessey, Norwich. With their purchase of a striking three bedroom townhouse at Barratt’s Ringland Park, part of the Queen’s Hills development, Kelvin, who works in sales, says: “We were married last year in Cyprus and then moved into our new home in December. We consider ourselves to be pioneers in this new village and already we love living here. It is interesting to see the development take shape and we are looking forward to the opening of the pub and shops that will be built here.”

Find the perfect location, location, location at The Quills
They say that the three things to look for when buying a new home are location, location, location. And when customers come to The Quills, George Wimpey’s popular development near Cambridge, they find they fulfill these three criteria – and a whole lot more besides!

Persimmon’s blooming in local schools
Leading house builder Persimmon Homes is blooming this spring with the launch of a national calendar competition for local school children. The inaugural Daffodil Pictures and Poems competition sees the leading home builder invite schools situated in close proximity to any of its 500-plus developments across the UK to submit pictures and poems of the spring flower, in order to create its 2008 calendar.