Category Archives: Landlords

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, […]

Property inspections are crucial for landlords and provided by Philip James as standard From the end of 2021 through to the summer of 2022 the aim of the Inspections team is to ensure all of our 2800 managed properties are inspected. Periodic visual inspections are an integral part of our Management service. By completing a […]

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 […]