Manchester – Spotlight on the City Centre
The Capital of the north also known as the Rainy City but those that know Manchester City Centre love it and more and more people want to live in it. Living in the city means you are part of all that it stands for Music, Innovation, Industry, Education, Culture, Football – a vibrant metropolis with [...]
Spotlight on Salford
Salford is a City in its own right its famous Neighbour Manchester has lots to offer but take a closer look at Salford and you can combine city living with a feeling of the suburbs. Great swaths of the residential areas of Salford are closer to Manchester City centres shopping and leisure attractions than you [...]
Spotlight on the Northern Quarter
The Northern Quarter – often referred to as the Greenwich village of Manchester is a fashionable and bohemian area of the city centre, which is crammed with places to eat and drink and has predominantly independent retailers, It has an arty almost eccentric feel to it and retains a sense of atmosphere – more than [...]
Spotlight On Hale
The affluent south Manchester suburbs of Hale Bowdon and Hale Barns nestle adjacent one another bounded by the River Bollin to the south the A556 to the west and the M56 to the east. They are three of the most sought after areas in which to live in the whole of the UK, the equally [...]
Spotlight on Altrincham
Altrincham is a well known and popular town lying just 8 miles south of Manchester city centre, the towns charter status dates back to 1290. The oldest surviving part of the town is that around the Old Market Place and Church Street (on the A56). It was here that Bonnie Prince Charlie’s troops were allegedly [...]
Spotlight on Sale
The town of Sale is part of Trafford Metropolitan Borough and lies about five miles south west of the city of Manchester on the main A56 route to Chester. Historically, it was part of the English county of Cheshire and, in fact, its postal address is still ‘Sale, Cheshire’ The M60 motorway clips the northern [...]
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24 November 2009
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305% Increase in Sales Agreed
24 November 2009
The Hale and Altrincham offices of Thornley Groves Estate Agents have reported a 300% increase in sales agreed in the 3 months of September October and November 2009 compared with the same period last year. Branch Manager Glyn Reacroft confirmed that viewings on properties for sale in the same period increased by 34% to 2405 even [...]
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Thornley Groves – Award Winning Estate Agency
21 November 2009
Thornley Groves Estate Agents was awarded Silver in Best Medium sized Northern Estate Agency in a glittering award ceremony in London yesterday. The Independent judging panel included some of the industry’s biggest wigs including The Property Ombudsman Peter Hamer along with media heavy weights from The Sunday Times, Globrix, Rightmove in addition to other well respected and [...]
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Deeper Discounts – TG Vendors Turn Back Time
01 November 2009
Its not just the clocks that have turned back ! In the last week or so our offices in Manchester City Centre and those south of the city in Trafford have seen vendors deciding to turn back time and reduce their homes asking price to pre 2007 levels. Thornley Groves Estate Agents regularly review the markets reaction to our [...]
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Why NOW is a good Time to SELL your Property
20 October 2009
We have been saying for months that now is a great time to sell fuelled by a combination of stock shortage and an increase in active buyers. Now the research teams at 3 of the leading National UK housing market forecasters, Rightmove, Knight Frank and Savills, have all concluded exactly what we told you about 3 [...]
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Campaign Launched to Secure New Rental Instructions
14 October 2009
Thornley Groves have let an incredible 450 properties during August and September alone and desperately need more quality homes to rent now ! A campaign to secure new rental stock has been launched on Key 103 Radio station and in the local press including The Sale and Altrincham Messenger and The Stretford and Urmston Messenger. The campaign [...]
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