The number of tenants looking for rental property in Manchester City Centre with Thornley Groves reached an all time high this month, providing further evidence that the Manchester property market is returning to full swing.

The number of tenants registered with Thornley Groves – Manchester’s leading Estate Agents – has increased 117 percent since the start of the year, propelling demand for rented property in the city centre to an all time high.

These figures follow two recent reports from Thornley Groves indicating that sales activity across Manchester has also increased significantly this year.

The number of people looking for rented accommodation in the city centre traditionally increases in July, driven in large part by the influx of university students into the area ahead of the new academic year.

Significantly however, numbers are up more than 50 percent on July 2009, having reached their highest peak in recorded history. We really are seeing more people than ever before looking for Manchester lettings!

This increase will come as welcome news for the Manchester property industry, and represents a superb opportunity for investors looking to enter the buy-to-let market. There remains a shortage of new investment in buy-to-let stock following the period of illiquidity brought about by the on-set of the world recession in late 2008.

With such high current interest in the Manchester property market amongst tenants, we believe that the current window offers the perfect opportunity for new investors to enjoy a high return.

With the recent opening of our new state of the art office on John Dalton Street, Thornley Groves is expanding alongside the market to cope with growing demand. We now operate 4 offices across Manchester city centre, employing 40 sales & lettings consultants and maintaining a higher staff to property ratio than other agents.

In addition to lettings and sales, we also pride ourselves on being the best managing agents in Manchester, providing dedicated property management in Manchester City Centre and the surrounding suburbs we operate in.

For a full list of Thornley Groves properties available for rent in Manchester City Centre, please visit the rentals section of our site: http://www.thornleygroves.co.uk/search-rent/.

Alternatively, for a free valuation on your own property go to: http://www.thornleygroves.co.uk/valuation-request/

Those familiar with the city of Manchester and its surrounding suburbs will know that the area has done much to achieve its growing status as the “Capital of the North” in recent years. Thornley Groves – Manchester’s leading Estate Agents – are well aware of the city’s increasing popularity and recently opened up a brand new state of the art office in the heart of the city centre to cope with this growing demand.

Across the board we are seeing increased activity in the Manchester property market, which is showing signs of a return to liquidity after a difficult period experienced by the entire U.K. property market following the onset of the world recession in late 2007.

Thornley Groves maintains a large database of registered purchasers and this pool of applicants has increased by 13 percent during the past year alone. The number of sales stock available is also up 25 percent on this time last year, while perhaps most significantly of all, the number of sales stock under offer with Thornley Groves has increased 33 percent during the same period. In short, we are seeing huge increases in Manchester property market activity across the board – and this is of course fantastic news for home-sellers and purchasers alike!

Michael Groves, Managing Director of Thornley Groves Estate Agents in Manchester, said “All the evidence we are seeing points to a strong return to activity in the Manchester property market. While it is fair to say that one swallow does not a summer make, the combination of quantitative growth and qualitative performance indicators that we are seeing such as swift sales, seller-confidence, and increased property search activity, are positive signs. Home-sellers should certainly be more confident now of achieving sales in what is looking to be an increasingly buoyant market once again.”

In addition to growth in registered purchasers, sales stock available and stock under offer over the previous year, we have also seen a sharp increase in market interest in recent months, and our Open House events are attracting not only high attendance levels but also numerous offers being made for showcased properties on the day of these events.

All of this makes for an extremely positive and pro-active property market here in Manchester and the surrounding suburbs of Sale, Hale and Altrincham, and Thornley Groves is proud to be playing our part in helping find the right homes for you!

Want to know how much your home is worth? Book a Free no obligation valuation and marketing consultation today with Manchester’s leading Estate Agent at http://www.thornleygroves.co.uk/valuation-request/

Thornley Groves – Manchester’s leading estate agent – is pleased to unveil a very special penthouse apartment located just minutes from the city centre’s bohemian Northern Quarter.

The Luna Street property boasts two bedrooms, en suite facilities, and a spacious living room with floor to ceiling windows. All of this is available for just £250,000.

But wait, there’s more… This unique duplex also comes complete with its very own HUGE roof terrace, including both power and water supply – perfect for summer evenings spent watching the World Cup and entertaining friends!

Manchester city centre has long been recognised as the cultural and entertainment capital of the north. This unique Manchester property grants easy access to the city’s thriving epicentre while providing excellent specification.

The first large double bedroom contains walk-in-wardrobe space, while the second double bedroom comes complete with en suite shower and WC facilities. For the busy city dweller this space could easily be converted into a home office space.

But don’t just take our word for it, make an appointment to come along and see how this spectacular living space compares with other apartments to buy in Manchester! With registered applicants at an all time high in Manchester, and interest in the city centre set to grow even further in the run-up to the MediaCityUK influx later this year, now is the perfect time to take advantage of this unique opportunity.

To arrange a viewing, or for more information about properties to buy in Manchester from the leading Manchester Estate Agents, call Thornley Groves Associate Director Andrew Seldon on 0161 245 1100 for a confidential discussion.

For more information click http://www.homesonview.co.uk/Scripts/FullDetails.aspx?CID=THORMANC&AID=THGRTIBS&PID=TTP05772.

Alternatively, for a free valuation on your own property click http://www.thornleygroves.co.uk/valuation-request/

Thornley Groves are  just days away from opening our ground breaking new office in Central Manchester and have already had vendors and landlords clambering to be amongst the first to take advantage of our brand new marketing initiative to make their property stand out from the crowd.

 “What exactly is it?” you ask, that will enable us to do things differently……..it’s a video wall over 3 meters tall and a meter wide that will play day and night to the thousands of passersby on John Dalton Street, one of Manchester City Centres busiest thoroughfares featuring the superb developments that exist in and around the city centre.

 Flat screen marketing for property has been around a long time; agents all over the world have used plasma screens to showcase their stock for some years now but we believe TGTV is entirely different and really lends itself to the type of residential property available to buy or rent in Manchester city centre.

 In the suburbs there are streets and streets of houses – Terraced, Semis, Detached, old and new, they’re all different and you need to see photos both inside and out to understand if you’re going to like them.

 In the City the buildings themselves are Brands and we want to showcase them and their unique features to open them up to all those people who pass them without ever understanding what they have to offer. What does the building itself stand for? What type of people live there?

 Manchester has some wonderful Iconic Developments, buildings like the Hacienda, Number One Deansgate, LeftBank and Beetham Tower standing proud alongside the Grand Old Dames of the city like Smithfield Buildings, Chepstow House, Century Buildings and Chorlton Mill.

 Trend setting schemes like Timber Wharf in Castlefield, Chips in Ancoats and Express Networks alongside the Northern Quarter have proved fertile enough to allow whole communities to spring up around them with shops, bars and leisure facilities.

 Our Video wall will enable us to show case the buildings and the unique facets of their little corner of town, it will help us to demonstrate why life in the city has attracted so many people, both young and old, escaping suburbia to enjoy all that the city has to offer.

 Buyers and Tenants want to express their personalities by the building they live in, they want to emulate the admirable, they want to be gregarious, sociable and hospitable and we can show them how to achieve all those things through the home they choose to live in.  

 Our new office won’t have A4 sheets of paper in the window with pictures of the same buildings with different kitchens featuring tea towels on ovens and bikes on balconies. We want to show Buyers and Tenants the best that Manchester has to offer, it is the buildings themselves and what’s around them that attracts people and not a photograph of someone else’s double bed.

 The best way to market City Centre property is to highlight the appealing features of the developments themselves instead of blandly describing the accommodation. At Thornley Groves we will achieve this by pulling together all of the property we market through our FOUR city centre offices and feature them on the big screen in our new office in John Dalton Street.

 If you own and want to rent or sell a property in one of Manchester’s Iconic Residential Developments, you need an agent that’s going to demonstrate to buyers and tenants why it’s great to live there, why you bought it, after all you thought about your decision long and hard, you made a choice and you now need an agent that understands Manchester Property to highlight those advantages to the next occupier.

 Make your property stand out from the crowd, list it now with Manchester’s most innovative and high Profile Estate Agent call 0161 245 1111 or  click www.thornleygroves.co.uk/valuation-request to book a FREE valuation and receive effective marketing advice.

 View a VIDEO presentation of our Sales and Lettings service at www.youtube.co.uk/thornleygroves

 We think you’ll notice the difference !

Dear Andrew,

We are recent tenants at Vicus Apartments in Manchester, having found this property through Thornley Groves.

We would like to pass on our appreciation of Amy Connelly, with whom we have recently dealt with. Amy has been very helpful throughout the process, maintaining regular contact when viewing properties, and subsequent to placing an offer. She is also very knowledgeable, capable of answering an array of queries in respect of the letting process, the property, and the city. Having only recently moved to Manchester, this proved invaluable.

Amy’s attitude to her clients is noteworthy. Given the motivation, Our experience of estate agents to date has been tainted by their transparent desire to ‘clinch’ a deal. Presumably, this is a motivation for all of your staff, however, we felt that the advice given by Amy was honest and sound, and also that the properties selected for our viewing were representative of our stated preferences.

We will have no hesitation in recommending Amy, and Thornley Groves to our colleagues, friends, and family. She is an asset to your business and we would be grateful if you would pass on our gratitude.

Kind regards

Ben and Zoe

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Now let us sell your Property !

There are clear signs of real activity in the Manchester City Centre property Market we listed a great 2 bed apartment in the MM2 development in Manchesters vibrant Northern Quarter and agreed a sale within a week for a figure close to the asking price!

With the news media focussing on repossessions and how sluggish the property market is, it’s refreshing to see that real people – owner occupiers – are able to sell their properties in the current market, and guess what, the buyers are also real people, not buy to let investors but individuals who are buying to own and occupy in the city centre.

There is no denying that prices have dropped from their peak in August 2007 but the market and prices have stabilised and we are now registering more buyers on our database looking to buy, own and occupy than at any time in the last 18 months, buyers know that prices have become more much more realistic and the great mortgage deals that are out there mean that buying a place in the city centre has never been more affordable.

The sale this week of the MM2 apartment in the Northern Quarter highlights the fact that if you have a property you want to sell in the city centre and are willing to be realistic on price, Thornley Groves have the buyers ready willing and able to buy!

If you have a property you want to sell click here http://www.thornleygroves.co.uk/valuation-request/ to arrange a free valuation and marketing advice.

See more info on MM2 http://www.homesonview.co.uk/Scripts/FullDetails.aspx?CID=THORMANC&AID=THGRTIBS&PID=TTP03520

We’re here for you all day every day and until 9pm on Wednesdays!

Whether you’re looking to Buy or Rent, actually getting in to view a place can be a real chore as most agents close at 5:30 and seem to be closed for half the weekend.

Thornley Groves are different, we work harder, we know you lead a busy life so we make ourselves available to show our properties on week days from  8am to 8pm and all day on both Saturdays and Sundays.

Call into anyone of our 6 offices to discuss your requirements on your way home from work on a Wednesday, or phone us when you get home and have a chat without worrying about calling us in work time, we’ll be happy to listen to your requirements and ensure that you are alerted as soon as a suitable property comes to the market.

So if you’ve been keeping an eye on one of properties and would be interested to view it but just haven’t made the time, don’t be shy, call us and tell us when you’re free you’ll be surprised just how easy it is to set up and how helpful our sales and lettings consultants are.

Cosidering Selling or Renting your property click here for a FREE valuation  http://www.thornleygroves.co.uk/valuation-request/

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