Manchester Property News

Deniston Road, Heaton Moor, Stockport

Following our newsletter in April, we have now finished our extension project in Heaton Moor. The project including additional work took 12 weeks to complete which was within our time schedule. As you can see by the photographs the workmanship ...

Pattison Auctions who run national auctions around the country are having their third auction in the North West on the 3rd of June 2010 (Registration is at 6PM, auction starts at 6:30PM).  The auction will be held at Copesthorne Hotel, Salford Road, Salford Quays.   Auction Catalogues ...

David Boyd, Managing Director, PAD4U Letting Agents Manchester writes:

The welcome news that Home Information Packs are likely to be scrapped by the new coalition government in the upcoming emergency budget has been sidelined by the very unwelcome news of a doubling of Capital Gains Tax.

One ...

In this week's Budget, Chancellor Alistair Darling announced that stamp duty of 1% on properties worth between £125,000 and £250,000 would be removed for the next two years for first-time buyers.  But is this enough to revitalise the property market?

Probably not.  It will encourage ...

The Government plans to require HMO accomodation to have planning permission after April 6, 2010.

If you are planning to convert an existing property to HMO then you will have to pay £335.00 and wait eight weeks (at a minimum) to receive planning permission before ...

Donna Weetman, Maintenance and Development Manager, PAD4U Letting Agents Manchester writes:

Peter Anthony Developments are currently converting a shop into two modern flats on Levenshulme Road, Gorton, Manchester.  These types on conversions are becoming popular as it is often the case that residential properties can be more ...

Donna Weetman, Maintenance and Development Manager, PAD4U Letting Agents Manchester writes:

New Extension in Heaton Moor

After completing a double storey extension in Congleton at the start of the new year, Peter Anthony Developments have started another double storey extension at Deniston Road, Heaton Moor, Stockport to ...

David Boyd, Managing Director, PAD4U Letting Agents Manchester writes:

Double Dip is an unpleasant term that is doing the rounds at the moment and we're not talking about Nachos.  The term has been whispered around the City for sometime, but it's now turning into a ...

Alaine Bradbury, Estates Manager, PAD4U Letting Agents Manchester writes:

All Estate & Letting Agents in Hastings have been banned from having sea front boards by Hastings council, but locals on the whole support agents views.

Today on Radio Sussex's Breakfast show presenter Neil Pringle highlighted ...

David Boyd, Managing Director, PAD4U Letting Agents Manchester writes:

Jim Moore, who could never be described as having a lack of confidence, has setup a new vehicle for  his property investment club called IAP Global.  Mr Moore's preceding companies Inside Track and Instant Access Properties(IAP) collapsed into administration ...

Donna Weetman, Maintenance and Development Manager, PAD4U Letting Agents Manchester writes:

Referring back to our newsletter in December 2009, the double storey rear extension we were working on in Congleton, Cheshire has now been completed.

The extension created two additional bedrooms and another sitting room transforming ...

David Boyd, Managing Director, PAD4U Letting Agents Manchester writes:

The property market staged a surprise recovery in 2009 amidst economists specualating further losses (as much as 20%) putting egg on their faces, the property market promptly about-turned and rose 5.9%.  Economists scrambled to come up with explanations ...

Paragon, the buy-to-let mortgage specialist has said it is ready to resume lending to new customers following its withdrawal from the market two years ago.

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The Solihull-based lender was forced to launch an emergency GBP 287m rights issue to avert ...

Donna Weetman, Maintenance and Development Manager, PAD4U Letting Agents Manchester writes:

We are currently building a double storey rear extension in Congleton, Cheshire which will be completed in January 2010.

  Our dedicated team are working hard to have the roof on in time for Christmas where ...

David Boyd, Managing Director, PAD4U Letting Agents Manchester writes:

Shadow Housing Minister, Grant Shapps MP, will announce that should the Conservative Party form the next Government, they would reinstate Housing Benefit tenants’ choice to have rent paid direct to their landlords.

This would bring to ...

Donna Weetman, Maintenance & Development Manager, PAD4U Letting Agents Manchester writes:

The days are getting shorter and colder and tenants are thinking carefully about whether a house will be warm and efficient to heat.

To help landlords we are running an offer and on uPVC ...

Paul Robertson, Business Development Manager, PAD4U Letting Agents Manchester writes:

We currently have a landlord who is looking to sell eight of his rental properties in the Longsight/Gorton areas. Some of these properties are tenanted at present.

This would mean that any purchaser would have ...

David Boyd, Managing Director, PAD4U Letting Agents Manchester writes:

With Nationwide reporting a 2% rise on year on year figures for October.  Is this a sign that the housing market is recovering?

"The last six months has seen a continued improvement in housing market ...

Luke Elston, Negotiator, PAD4U Letting Agents Manchester writes:

Figures from UK Land Registry are disappointing on the face of it with a 0.1% reduction in UK property prices between July and August. However, when you consider the traditional summer lull which occurs nearly every year, ...

Paul Robertson, Business Development Manager, PAD4U Letting Agents Manchester writes:

Sadly, recession means banks are claiming more homes from bad debts, and those willing to do up rundown pads can save £1,000s. While it's easy to be squeamish, remember repossession doesn't mean the end of ...