CHELTENHAM and Gloucester has produced a 10-point advice plan for people about to purchase a home. It says people should beware of choosing areas with just one major employer. A plant closure can have a dramatic effect on house prices.

The lender suggests choosing an area where major house builders have developments. The companies will have checked out the economic potential.

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ESTATE agents throughout Kent are expected to converge on London later this month for the National Association of Estate Agents’ London Property Conference. It will be held at the Hilton Park Lane Hotel on November 28.

Among the major issues to be discussed will be sellers packs and e-conveyancing.

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MILLWOOD Designer Homes has appointed agent, Wood and Pilcher for a new development in Langton Green, Eversleigh View.

The development offers just two traditionally-styled five/seven-bedroom homes with gardens of around a third of an acre.

Robert Jacobs, of Wood and Pilcher, said: “The quality of Millwood’s product is well known and we are pleased to once again be associated with them in what I am sure will be a very successful joint venture.”

Prices for the homes are £1.25m. Wood and Pilcher is on 01892 511211.

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MORE than 60 per cent Ward Homes’ new luxury apartment scheme in Canterbury, The Pavilion, has been sold since the show home opened at the end of September.

This means only six of the 15 apartments remain available.

Janet Burnell, sales and marketing director for Ward, said: “This is a phenomenal success story and it goes to show not only that the homes at The Pavilion are of superb specification and quality, but there is a huge demand for this kind of property close to the centre of Canterbury.”

Prices at The Pavilion - so named because of its close proximity to Kent County Cricket Ground - range from £170,000 to £190,000, with the two-bedroom penthouse priced at £295,000.

The agent is Strutt & Parker (01227 451123).

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GLEESON Classic Homes, part of the MJ Gleeson Group, has an annual turnover of more than £1.3m - an impressive growth figure for a company of only seven employees.

The average selling price of a Gleeson Classic Home is around £550,000 and the most expensive in excess of £1.8m.

For further information visit the website at www.gleeson-homes.co.uk.

ONLY a few properties remain for sale at Sunley’s Westminster Mill development in Horton Kirby.

Prices start from £275,000 for a two-bedroom, two-bathroom duplex apartment with balcony; and from £305,000 for a three-bedroom town house.

The marketing suite is on 01322 860715 and the agent is Ward & Partners (01322 862844).