The word ‘Apartment’ derives from the French word ‘Appartement', which comes from the Italian form of the word, ‘Appartamento’. The core of that Italian word ‘appartare’ means ‘to separate’, as in ‘separate a building’. The word comes from Roman times when housing costs were so expensive within the city walls [...]
The Heatons property market is on the cusp of a tipping point. It’s a tipping point that will influence Heatons’ house prices, the number of properties available to buy, demand for those Heatons properties and the lives of every homeowner and the property-owning buy-to-let landlords in the Heatons. This shift [...]
The Heatons housing market over the last five years has behaved oddly. The Heatons house prices are 32.9% higher than in 2017, even though during those five years, the British economy had the uncertainty of Brexit and the massive fall in GDP during the pandemic. Yet, a less observed trend [...]
2,233 homes in the Stockport Council area are empty, which represents 1 in 59 homes. 1,879 of those have been empty for more than six months and are worth £511million. Why are those properties standing empty and deteriorating and why could that become an issue for the whole of Heatons? [...]
The Housing Minister, Chris Pincher, has suggested older homeowners are “rattling around” in their homes as they are too big for them. He implied they are selfish and should sell up and move to a retirement home when he spoke to a committee in the House of Lords. He stated [...]
Strike are currently marketing a one bedroom, ground floor flat in Egerton House on Leegate Road. Priced at offers in excess of £155,000 and having been refurbished throughout this would make an excellent investment in the SK4 area. Click here to take a look at the property advert. I would [...]
House prices tend to rise with inflation, so with the UK annual inflation hitting 4.2% last week, that’s good news, isn’t it? Yes and no – let me explain what it means for Heatons homeowners. The year-on-year cost of living rose by 4.2% in October, its highest rate in almost [...]
In recent articles on the Heatons property market, I have been talking a lot about house prices over the last 12 months and 5 years in the Heatons. When it comes to newspapers talking about the property market, the headline most people look at is what is happening to house [...]
Our sales team are currently marketing a two bedroom, terraced property on Heaton Road in Heaton Moor. This is an ex-rental property of ours and was achieving £1300 pcm. Currently priced on the sales market at £315,000 this would return around a 5% yield. Click here to take a look [...]
Our sales team have marketed a three bedroom, end-terraced property on Lloyd Street in Heaton Norris. Priced at £225,000 the property is in excellent condition and would not need any works at all, it is tenant ready. The finish on the property is by far one of the best in [...]
