As soon as you own four or more mortgaged buy-to-let properties you’re a portfolio landlord. test That means any buy-to-let mortgages you now apply for will be assessed using new specialised underwriting procedures. The latest date that lenders can implement these new procedures is 30 September 2017, and many have already made changes. The changes…

It’s official! Based on the UK’s leading property web portal, Lawrence Copeland Town & City Centre sold more properties in Salford Quays than any other agent, being rated 1st out of 38 competing offices. Selling successfully in The Quays since 1991, we moved our operation from Manchester City Centre to Clippers Quay, Salford Quays just…

Congratulations to Mr Godwin Okri, one of our long established clients, who has recently received an award from the CA Sponsored by C.Hub magazine for his innovative, specialist book recently released called ‘Investing in Property With strategy’. 3 million copies have already sold in the UK alone and we encourage our customers and clients to…

Lawrence Copeland are proud to announce a new feature to our website which offers and prospective sellers a free, no obligation, instant online valuation. By inputting the property details into our website, the sophisticated software reviews land registry for recent sales in the area and produces an estimate sale figure. We understand that each property…

The Manchester Evening News reported on the 8th April 2016 a dynamic article reflecting the up and coming 32 new developments proposed for Manchester City Centre. New residential developments popping up all over the place, some of them high rise sky scrapers set to challenge the Beetham Tower. The Manchester City Centre skyline is going…

It’s only 7 days to go until the stamp duty hike takes effect. Most of the investors who are buying are now bald having pulled out their hair and are doing everything to get the deal done so they don’t have to pay the excess stamp duty. Next week will be our busiest week in…

Hectic market activity in residential sales as investors try to secure deals before the new Stamp duty regulations come into force in April 2016. Four of our sales this week are going to Informal Tender to close Sales in the most professional way which is the way we prefer to operate. There are a more…

This week sees the start and completion of demolition works of the former Virgin Multiplex cinema to make way for the construction of Amstone Developments superb new development of 614 luxury apartment units and 17,254 square feet of commercial space. Pretty dynamic times ahead as Salford Quays Develops further enhancing the infrastructure. What this space….

Real estate agents have a great deal of information that needs to be kept safe. There are a great many financial documents which contain sensitive client information which all real estate agents have to make sure it's secure. A lot of time sensitive things are done with thanks especially with regard to loans. For things…

Getting ready to move into a new rental or property you have recently bought after a long selection process most likely feels like a blessing. You cannot wait to pull your car in the driveway, unpack your silverware and a couple of plates and cook your very first dinner in your new kitchen. Maybe you…