Taking place for the first time in M20, 'JustHelping' a UK registered Charity are supporting St Ann's Hospice and other local charities by organising a Tree Recycling scheme. This year you can forget those queues at the tip and avoid the pine needles in the car by registering for your tree [...]
It's been difficult not to be moved by the News coming out of Syria, and whilst we're all busy at Christmas, sometimes we need to take note of other peoples suffering even if the powers that be don't appear to be doing so. So, on Christmas Eve, Ponchjo's in West [...]
A new survey suggests that a letting agent saves a landlord an estimated £1,910 a year. The result of an investigation into 500 landlords by insurance firm Endsleigh suggests that there are widespread misconceptions among landlords about the value for money offered by letting agents. Of those landlords suggesting that they could [...]
The number of bedrooms in houses and flats in M20 is a useful indicator of the type of housing stock available. In M20, the mix is shown above.
It is the time of year when we can reflect on how the last four quarters have performed. The adjacent chart splits the total number of sales for all property types into quarters. Not surprisingly, last quarter of 2015 was the strongest quarter with 276 sales (35.8%) in M20. The [...]
The percentage of people employed in various industry sectors is often a good indicator of the distinct character of an area. In M20, the largest number of jobs were in Health, taking up 17.1% of jobs. Education had the second largest number of jobs with 15.7% of jobs.
The last 18 months have seen a seismic shift in the underlying dynamics of the UK economy. While the long term effects of Brexit on property prices remain to be seen, price levels in M20 remain robust, as the adjoining chart shows. Prices for flats have increased 11.5% since January [...]
A property’s desirability is often a popular subject when we are talking to homeowners and local investors. Sure, you will find that Kirsty and Phil are right, and it is all about “location, location, location”, but the savvy property hunter has something else on their minds these days, and that [...]
• 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 [...]
Taking place on Saturday 3rd December at Christ Church, West Didsbury is the Winter Concert by the Manchester Beethoven Orchestra. In support of Barnabus, a support centre for the homeless in Manchester, the concert features music by Glinka, Massenet, Tchaikovsky and also the wonderful Brahms Symphony No. 4. […]