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Buying In Manchester
2008-03-28 18:32:00
Manchester has some qualities that help make it a great place to invest and live. Regeneration and funding for improvements to the public transport system have improved the quality of life for residents, and made it easier to get to for visitors. The City is home to a number of leading Educational Institutions, including The University Of ...
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Renting in Manchester City Centre
2008-03-19 08:25:00
With further investment in public transport, there are even more reasons to live in Manchester City Centre. And with the current credit crunch, it can be easier and more flexible to rent. Salford Central Station has been transformed with an investment of £5 million to improve waiting areas, security, customer information and taxi and bus ...
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Where to Find Local Information
2008-02-12 19:39:00
I came across this very useful business directory that has listings of local businesses by region and business type. A very useful alternative to Yell which only lists paid advertisements. The site is www.citylocal.co.uk and the manchester business directory can be found at  http://www.citylocal.co.uk/cities/Manche ster/.  Happy hunting!   Share This
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Is the Buy To Let Market Dead?
2008-02-10 00:35:00
Darren Shaughnessy, Director Kings Residential, Estate Agents in Manchester  and Letting Agents in Manchester writes: I have heard many people say recently that the buy to let property (BTL) market is dead. I don’t believe that this is true. In a nervous market where lenders are less willing to offer credit the industry needs to be realistic. Realistic ...
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Increase in Repossessions in 2007
2008-02-10 00:18:00
Darren Shaughnessy, Director Kings Residential, Estate Agents in Manchester  and Letting Agents in Manchester writes: The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) Announced that repossessions of mortgaged properties increased to 27,100 in 2007 up from 22,400 in 2006. Whilst there were more mortgaged properties in 2007 than in 2006 the repossession rate rose from 19 per 10,000 mortgaged properties ...

Kickstarting the Real Estate Economy
2008-02-08 00:32:00
Darren Shaughnessy, Director Kings Residential, Estate Agents in Manchester  and Letting Agents in Manchester writes: We all know that property prices are high. They are high in that they have become unaffordable to the lower income earners which in a city like Manchester is most of the population. I have heard media speculation that prices are over inflated ...
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Interest Rates Fall to 5.25%: Will this stimulate property sales?
2008-02-07 23:54:00
Darren Shaughnessy, Director Kings Residential, Estate Agents in Manchester  and Letting Agents in Manchester writes: The housing market received a welcome but modest boost today as the Bank of England reduced interest rates against the backdrop of depressed levels of property sales. The Estate Agency business has seen a significant reduction in the number of property sales in the last few ...
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MediaCity brings affordable homes to Salford
2008-01-25 17:11:00
As The BBC confirms its move to MediaCity in Salford, investors say that they are tooling up for renewed activity in the busy Manchester property market. Salford was recently described as the fifth most desired address for middle-class househunters looking for an affordable home in Greater Manchester. This is in support of the City Councils desire ...
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Kings Residential?s Jonathan Welford Makes an Appearance on ITV?s Tonight P
2008-01-10 12:57:00
The ‘Tonight ’ team ran a programme entitled “Britains Biggest House Price Falls”.  The programme concentrated on the potential for the market to fall significantly and featured those interviewees’s with an ultra pessimistic outlook. Jonathan Welford from Kings Residential appeared briefly on the programme. After giving up 5 hours of Jonathan’s time he appeared for around 30 ...
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BBC?s Watchdog Gives a good Mentions to Kings Residential
2008-01-08 20:05:00
BBC’s Watchdog aired a feature on letting agents on the 9th January 2008. They had numberous complaints about unfair letting agency charges. They featured one particular agent - Foxtons in London because they charge a renewal commission every time they renew a tenancy agreement. Now, if there is some work to be done then this ...
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Information For First Time Buyers
2008-01-03 19:16:00
In such a competitive market, searches for useful information about buying, selling or renting property are often diluted with spammy sites. To help sift through some of this and get to the useful informative sites and blog posts about property, I’ve compiles a list of the best I’ve found. Up My Street - facts about where ...
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Is a TV required when advertising fully furnished property?
2007-11-16 10:48:00
I have furnished my apartment that I am about to pass to my agent to market. Is a TV required and if I provide one will it get me more rent…? In most cases, when an apartment is advertised fully furnished a TV is not usually expected. It is seen more of a bonus ...
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Discounted Rate Mortgages: Good, Bad or Evil?
2007-11-06 00:20:00
Darren Shaughnessy, Director Kings Residential, Estate Agents in Manchester  and Letting Agents in Manchester writes: I have felt for some time that discounted rate mortgages are a very bad idea. They are great for the young career couple with a clear and definite salary incease path. It helps these people onto the house ladder earlier than they might otherwise ...
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Foreclosure wave sweeps America
2007-11-06 00:02:00
Darren Shaughnessy, Director Kings Residential, Estate Agents in Manchester  and Letting Agents in Manchester writes:  The BBC news website is running a very interesting article on the crisis in the USA.  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7070 935.stm If you take a look at this I think most people will see that something pretty extraordinary has been happening in the US. Lenders have been lending money ...
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Should Landlord Pay for Telephone Line Installation?
2007-11-05 22:22:00
 My tenant has asked me to pay £124.99 for a BT line. Am I, as a Landlord really required to pay for the installation of a telephone line…? This is totally at your discretion. Most short-hold tenancy agreements require the tenant to seek the landlords permission before any work is carried out on the property but ...
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