Recently remarketed this two bedroom semi-detached bungalow located on Gloucester Crescent in the popular Fairfield estate. The property is a small walk from the local shops, pubs, schools and parks offering many different services for all ages in the area. The property benefits from having a car port and garage to the side access aswell as a small driveway; inside is well presented throughout and only needs a personal touch to truly make a warm, friendly and inviting home. Viewing is essential to truly appreciate the property on offer for £545 per calendar month.

Recently brought onto the market, we are pleased to offer this one bedroom studio apartment located on the main Blaby Road in South Wigston. You are sitting on the doorstep of all the local amenities throughout South Wigston and are a 5 minute walk away from Tesco supermarket. The landlord has left some furnishings in the property as a good will gesture to ensure that a new tenant can settle in to the property. The property benefits lounge/bedroom with separate kitchen with white goods and shower room. We are marketing the apartment for £350pcm; please contact our estate agents in Wigston today so we are able to arrange an appointment.  Read more...

Recently reduced Latham and Co are pleased to offer this three bedroom extended semi-detached property located on The Newry. The area offers access to local schools such as Samworth Academy and Holy Cross Catholic School both school have an Ofsted report showing they have received a satisfactory report. Local amenities are provided throughout the estate and the area offers good access to Wigston Town Centre and Leicester City Centre. The property consists of a good family size bathroom on the first floor and provides a dining room and fitted kitchen  to the good floor, recently refurbished in neutral colour scheme this property would be ideal for a family looking to upsize or having a big more space than there previous property. Off road parking is provided to the front of the property and rear low maintainable gardens, we suggest viewing this property with our estate agents in Leicester to truly appreciate what’s on offer.  Read more...

First Time Buyers in the housing market have been at a record high for 2012 according to housing market surveys. An increase of 12% in 2011 was seen as on average 216,000 people purchased their first home, average age of first time buyers have also increased to 30 due to the amount of deposit needed to be place on securing a property.

Mortgages were cheaper in 2012 which is why the increase of first time buyers occurred according to Halifax. Buyers spend around 27% of their income on their mortgage payments which is a massive difference to the 34% previously spent by buyers.  Read more...

We have recently started to market this well presented three bedroom mid terrace property located on Blenheim Close in South Wigston. The property benefits from a family size kitchen/diner and neutral decoration throughout. South Wigston parade of shops is a small walk away from the property therefore providing you with easy access to different varieties of shops and also the local Tesco supermarket. South Leicestershire College has recently been built in the area offering 16+ the opportunity to enrol in a variety of courses. The property has upvc double glazing throughout, gas central heating and is being marketed at £575 pcm viewing is highly recommended.

Rightmove has provided figures from landlords throughout the UK shown that they will not be tempering with their rental income within 2013. 25% of landlords have already enforced the rise for next year and only a third of these have increased by 5% or more.

61% of all landlord surveyed said that they are not going to increase their rental income for tenants already living in their properties and will hold them at the steady amount throughout the year. 14% of the UK landlords are still undecided as to whether they will be making any change in there rental prices.  Read more...

2228,000 first time buyers have been provided with over £1 billion pounds worth of deposits within the last 5 years. 30% of first time buyers have purchased a property through their parents helping hands. Grandparents have also been helping their families get on the property ladder, as £125 million deposit has come from them.

Many parents have been proud to lend their children the money but some are now having doubts that whether their children can actually financially cope each month in funding the mortgage payment and the household items needed.  Read more...

Burleigh Avenue is a property that has been transformed from a run-down house in need of some modernisation, to a first time buyer’s ideal purchase. It has a new fitted bathroom and kitchen and benefits from off road parking. It has three bedrooms upstairs with a good size master bedroom. It is currently on the market for £124,950 which is just in reach of the first time buyer’s price bracket with it remaining under the stamp duty price. The property is also a good investment for rental, with the work that has been carried out you would have no trouble finding a tenant and should not need to spend any more money on any further work for some time.  Read more...