Video Tours
As we start the new year we have decided to enhance the marketing of some of our sales and rental properties. We now offer a HD video tour, shot in a movie style which in our opinion will help attract buyers and renters to a property by showcasing it to the best of our ability online. Here […]
M19 Property Market Sees An Unpredicted Autumn Boost of 6.3%
Well, it doesn’t seem like two minutes ago that it was Christmas – and now it’s all over! One cold December morning, after arranging the office’s Christmas cards I thought I would nip out for a quick festive coffee and mince pie at my favourite local coffee shop Inspire. I met an old client of […]
Stockport First Time Buyers Are Paying 7% More Than 12 Months Ago
Figures just released by the Bank of England, show that for the first half of 2016, £128.73bn was lent by UK banks to buy UK property – impressive when you consider only £106.7bn was lent in the first half of 2015. Even more interesting, was that most of the difference was in Q2, as £68.12bn […]
Christmas in Manchester – 10 great things to see and do
There is no shortage of events to enjoy and thongs to see in Manchester and this is very much the case at Christmas time. If you are looking to make the most of Christmas in Manchester, here are 10 great things to see and do. The Winter Gathering Found opposite Manchester Piccadilly train station, the […]
Gorton property with potential 7.2% yield!
Pictures can be deceiving when looking for potential properties for buy to let. An example is this one on Craig Road in Gorton. From the photos, it looks a bit of a shocker, however there isn’t much wrong with it that a new bathroom, painting, carpets and an industrial clean wouldn’t sort out! So, with […]
Simple home staging tips for maximum impact
To sell your home effectively, it is vital that you make the effort to present your home in the best manner. This is referred to as staging your home and here are some simple staging tips that will create a maximum impact. When you are looking to stage your property for selling, it is essential […]
Average rent paid by Levenshulme and Burnage tenants rise to £768 per month
Back in the Spring, there was a surge in South Manchester landlords buying buy to let property in Levenshulme and Burnage as they tried to beat George Osborne’s new stamp duty changes which kicked in on the 1st April 2016. To give you an idea of the sort of numbers we talking about, in M19 […]
Stockport Landlords and Tenants : What does the Tenant Fee Banning order mean for you?
Tenant Fees set to banned within 12 to 18 months Rents due to rise as those fees passed to Landlords Landlords won’t be worse off – and neither will tenants or agents With our new Chancellor of the Exchequer revealing a ban on tenant fees in his first Autumn Statement on Wednesday what does this […]
Private renting set to grow by 5,900 properties by 2025!
I was having a most interesting chat the other day with a Stockport landlord when we were looking at a property. We got talking about the Stockport Property Market and this landlord brought up the subject of a report he had read from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) that stated […]
Top Tips – Protecting Your South Manchester & Stockport Property Over Winter
Well the clocks have now gone back and depressingly it’s getting dark before 5pm in Manchester. The daily morning chore of de-icing the car has started. Winter can be a tough time for everyone – but none more so than for many landlords. These colder months’ present potential risks to your rental properties, which could […]