The terraced house is one of the most familiar styles of home in Didsbury (and the UK as a whole). 17.6% of Didsbury (M20) people live in a terraced home, interesting when compared with the national average of 22.7%. So, what is it about the humble terraced/townhouse us Brits love so [...]

There has been a rise in demand for rental properties and an 8.9% fall in the number of Didsbury private rented properties, which has caused Didsbury rents to rise by 10.6% in the last year, a new all-time high. The National Residential Landlords Association asked the respected economics think tank, [...]

Finding your next Didsbury property, be that for yourself to live in or as a Didsbury buy-to-let landlord, can sometimes be a scary task. You are possibly making one of the biggest purchases of your life, and you want to ensure you make the right choice. Buying your next property [...]

Traditionally, if you had not sold your Didsbury home by the first week in November, you would normally have to wait for the house sellers to return in the famous Boxing Day rush on the portals (Rightmove, Zoopla etc) to get potential buyers interested. Yet matters have been different this [...]

The ‘Buy-To-Let’ (BTL) mortgage is celebrating its Silver Anniversary (25 years) this autumn. Isn’t it fascinating that a decision between a group of letting agents and bankers all that time ago to offer BTL mortgages has changed the face of the Didsbury (and national) property market? But has it been [...]

The number of properties for sale in Didsbury has fallen by 19% since this time a year ago (October 2020). One of the reasons is that many Didsbury buyers feel overwhelmed and fearful they will be made homeless if they sell their home and can’t buy another. So, I have [...]

Didsbury landlords are becoming progressively more self-assured about expanding their rental portfolios; as Didsbury rents rise, mortgage interest rates fall and demand for decent Didsbury rental properties outstrips supply. A number of reports nationally would suggest around a third of UK ‘portfolio’ landlords (i.e. landlords with more than one rental [...]

With Rightmove announcing a national drop of 0.3% in average asking prices in August, some are asking if the steam has been let out of the property market. Yet with the gains we have seen in the last 12 months, is this just a minor bump in the road? Alarm [...]

Whether you are a Didsbury homeowner, first-time buyer or landlord; the last 15 months has been a roller coaster ride when it comes to the Didsbury property market. With 213,120 UK house buyers and 58,580 UK tenants moving home in June, the summer has been manic for many people. Meaning [...]

The value of an average Didsbury semi-detached house has increased in value by £108,360 in the last 12 months, an increase in value of 8.1%. Yet the costs of building a Didsbury home have shot up even more in the last 12 months, meaning the price of Didsbury new homes and [...]

There is no getting away from the fact that the rise in the number of buy-to-let properties in Didsbury has been nothing short of astonishing over the last twenty years. As a result, many in the press have said Britain is a broken nation, with many twenty and thirty-somethings unable [...]

A new Hartley’s style semi detached property coming onto the market this week with a large corner plot and requiring cosmetic updating throughout. The property is very well priced to reflect the work required and would be ideal for a wide range of buyers. With gardens to three sides it [...]