Manchester has risen 26 places in this year’s Global Liveability Index, making it the top most liveable city in the UK and 28th across the globe. Every year, The Economist releases its rankings of the most liveable cities in the world, and this year’s list included 172 cities in total – up from 140 last year. It […]
Category Archives: Investment
In November 2021 we launched the Investors Club, and we have a dedicated team of property specialists that are helping investors purchase buy to let properties before they come to market. Over this time we’ve learnt that people don’t always realise they are property investors, so we wanted to share some frequency asked questions that […]
Neil has been out and about in the City Centre this week, visiting one of our many properties that we have for sale which are perfect Buy To Let Investments! The Whitworth at Potato Wharf is a great example of an established, quality building in Manchester that is currently on the market. Watch this video […]
In November 2021, we launched our VIP investors club and it’s proved a real hit because we have successfully placed off market properties with investors to help them grow their portfolio’s. Watch this video in which our New Business Manager, Neil Ryder, explains how it works! Below are just some of the benefits: You will […]
Philip James Lettings is off to a great start for 2022! According to Rightmove we are still the Number 1 lettings agent in Manchester from just two months of trading in 2022: See how we compare to our competitors. We receive hundreds of enquiries for every property we list, due to fierce competition for homes […]
Licensing Scheme Introduced in Salford to improve standard across the rental sector In 2020, Salford City Council proposed the introduction of an additional licensing scheme for 3 and 4 person Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) across the city of Salford, to run alongside the existing mandatory scheme, which included HMOs of 5 or more persons, […]
Philip James work hard to ensure we deliver the best possible experience to landlords and investors…. and we love getting positive feedback from the people we deal with. We were thrilled to receive an email out of the blue from one of our Manchester landlords this week, who was full of praise for Rob Cuffe […]
A Positive Outlook for the Lettings Market Our team at Philip James Lettings in Manchester are leading the way, having lets agreed on 414 properties in the last 11 weeks. We have let more than double our closest competitor, which is a huge achievement. Data source: Rightmove, based on on lets agreed by Greater Manchester […]
A lot of landlords are not aware that in Manchester planning is required to rent out a property to more than two tenants (three or more separate households/tenants). This because the Council has used a legal process called an Article 4 Direction which means that development, which in other places would not usually need planning permission, […]
There are good returns still to be had by buying apartments in established buildings! The skyline of Manchester City Centre has changed dramatically over the past 10 years with buildings going up on every spare bit of land. A huge increase of Build to Rent (a new residential concept in the UK encompassing residential developments […]