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Househunters in Nantwich are being tempted with the offer of a free £17,500 high-performance car in a bid to combat the stagnant housing market.

A developer is giving away a new BMW 1 Series car to anyone who buys a plot on his site, and is also attempting to woo people looking to buy by offering to pay their utility bills for the next two years.

The deal on properties at the Walnut Grange site off Newcastle Road in Hough comes at a time when the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has announced more and more people are opting to rent rather than get stuck on the property ladder when banks are tightening their belts and withdrawing attractive mortgage offers.

David Baskeyfield, of Mayfield Developments, which has also recently built homes in Willaston, said there was no denying the housing market was not as strong as it had been, but that it was not all doom and gloom.

He said: "Mortgages are not so easy to come by as they were 12 months ago. Of course, the market is slowing up but what we want to do is lift the profile, because there are still buyers out there.

"We decided to include the cars as a way of adding a bit of oomph behind the offer."

Other offers include paying the stamp duty on the four- and five-bedroomed homes, loans of up to £65,000 for key workers and shared equity schemes.

A HUSBAND and wife are planning to become Mrs and Mrs following his revelations he wants to be a woman.

Nantwich father-of-three Karl Ellis, 27, changed his name by deed poll to Lucy Jayne last October.
Although wife Lorna knew her husband was a cross-dresser she was taken by surprise when, earlier this year, Karl told her: "I want to become a real woman."

Their story has now been highlighted in our Trinity Mirror sister publication, the Sunday Mirror.
"I just couldn't believe it," said 23-year-old Lorna, "This was my husband saying he wanted to be my girlfriend. All I knew is I wanted to be with him. He was my first love and I couldn't imagine life without him.
"I blamed myself and felt a complete failure as a woman. Should I have been able to convince him that he was a real man?"

Karl, now Lucy, said: "I hope we can work it out and stay together."

The couple first became friends at school more than 10 years ago. They then moved into a flat together in August 2002 and soon afterwards Lorna, then 17, discovered she was pregnant.

The couple, who now have three children, were married at Crewe Register Office in August 2006.
Karl, who is 6ft 5ins tall, continued to cross-dress and one night Lorna asked if he actually wanted to be a woman.

Lucy, then still Karl, replied he did - that he had tried to bury it, but couldn't.
When Lorna, who is 5ft 4ins, then asked Karl if he wanted a sex change operation he said he wasn't sure.
Karl, now Lucy, added: "We sat down and talked about it then we went to the doctors to see if they could help me with Lorna's support."

He now has to live as Lucy, a woman, for two years before a sex change operation can even be considered.