Property Sales

Welcome to the first instalment of our new blog series ‘In The Know’! In this series we will take you on a journey through Manchester and each of its main districts, listing the top five attractions and/or resources in each place as we go. In…

If you want to move on to a new property, selling your home for the desired price can prove to be a trickier task than a lot of people first realise. When you're in the middle of selling, it can be a very stressful situation,…

Curb appeal refers to the appearance and attractiveness of a property from the perspective of the street outside. The phrase originates from the US and continues to represent a global indicator of the initial appeal of a property, both commercial and domestic. A number of…

Attention all landlords and house sellers across the UK – it’s time you started adding value to your property with some simple home improvements! Yes that’s right, adding value to your home needn’t be too expensive or laborious; as there is a mixture of large…

Viewing a house can be one of the most stressful and puzzling elements of the whole moving-house experience. It is usually very difficult to make an informed decision, or to picture yourself in a home, when you have only spent around 20 minutes inside the…

Last week the Ordsall Chord, an £85m rail link joining Piccadilly and Victoria stations was given the go ahead. Funding for the project was announced in 2011, but the Secretary of State for Transport gave the green light this week, with completion initially planned for…

As part of the most recent Budget, George Osborne announced the introduction of a Help to Buy ISA designed to help first time buyers save for a deposit.  For every £200 pounds that is saved in the ISA, the Government will add in £50. Once…

Linked to Manchester City Centre and the Castlefield area in particular via the Manchester Ship Canal, Salford was historically a thriving industrial centre during the Victoria era. After the Port of Manchester was closed down in 1982, the area around the Ship Canal became derelict.…

Buying or selling a property can be a challenging time and something in particular which has been found to up the stress levels is the communication (or lack thereof) from solicitors. A recent poll of 2000 people has shown that 60% of respondents felt that…

Philip James Wilson is celebrating another great year across each of the areas we operate in and this is certainly no different for Reddish area manager, Colette Fletcher.   Colette took over Philip James in Reddish in January and has had a very successful first…

Selling your home can be a stressful time for anyone, so to try and make things a little easier Rob Cuffe, Director of Philip James Manchester, has suggested his list of top tips to sell your home. 1)      Whenever we do come to take those…

Rob Kennedy, the Branch Director of Philip James Kennedy was featured in a recent news story by Channel 5 on the changes in the mortgage industry that were introduced in April.   Channel 5 wanted to speak to a local agent and who could be…