Homebuyers have more options than ever with new listings on whathouse.co.uk

Here at whathouse.co.uk, we're constantly striving to bring our readers and visitors the very best selection of new homes and new affordable homes up and down the country. So we're delighted to announce that from this week, we're now featuring more listings than ever, including several hundred new homes developments nationwide from leading housebuilders Bloor Homes, Persimmon Homes and Taylor Wimpey.

This is in addition to extensive listings from many other housebuilders and housing associations around the UK. Some are household names, some of the largest housebuilding companies in the country, including:

• Barratt Homes (plus associated brands David Wilson Homes and Ward Homes)
• Berkeley Homes
• Bovis Homes
• Redrow
• The Gladedale Group (including its brands Bett Homes, Manor Kingdom, Ben Bailey Homes and Country & Metropolitan)
• Linden Homes

Besides the very biggest names, we also list properties from many award-winning local, regional and specialist housebuilders, such as:

• What House? Housebuilder of the Year 2010 Weston Homes
• Banner Homes
• Mactaggart & Mickel Homes
• CALA Homes
• Affordable housing specialists Southern Housing Group and L&Q Housing Association
• United House

Prospective buyers looking for new homes and affordable new homes can now search across the UK for even more properties within their price range and area to find exactly what they're looking for. The site has also increased its coverage of Scottish new homes, and has recently launched a new retirement section, joining other popular areas of the site including a first-time buyer's guide (including information on assistance schemes such as the Government-back FirstBuy initiative, daily new homes news section and free property valuation tool.

"The number of new homes being built and sold is on the rise across the UK," says whathouse.co.uk managing director Joanne Davies-Jones. "So it makes sense to give our site visitors more of what they want. We feature new homes listings from all the UK's major housebuilders, so buyers can be sure they'll find something in their price range in their area that they like when they visit.

"New homes have numerous advantages for homebuyers - they're cheaper to run than older properties in an age of rising energy prices, are low maintenance, and present buyers with a blank canvas they can make entirely their own. It's unsurprising that interest in them is growing."

Entries have now closed for the 2011 What House? Awards, widely renowned as the Oscars of the UK housebuilding industry. The judges have begun to sift through the entries and will start to visit the shortlisted developments soon. Receiving an award is a prestigious seal of approval from a panel of industry experts, and you may see Awards flags flying at some of the new homes developments you visit in your search for your ideal home.

The 2011 What House? Awards Gala Presentation lunch takes place on 18th November at the Grosvenor House hotel on Park Lane, where this year's top housebuilders and property developments will be unveiled.