Wythenshawe - A Great Place To Buy A House

I've recently been working closely with Alan Dee, a mortgage broker from Wythenshawe, whose company, 'Manchester Mortgages' arrange a lot of mortgage deals for house buyers not only in Wythenshawe but also the more expensive surrounding areas of Cheadle and Gatley (see http://manchestermortgages.co.uk/wythenshawe-mortgage-broker-advisor/ for more).

In a recent Manchester Evening News article (http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/wythenshawe-the-new-didsbury-house-9419435), Wythenshawe was termed the new Didsbury - a rather posh and Bohemian area of Manchester.

I met with Alan for a coffee in Wythenshawe's busy town centre and discussed the apparent housing boom that was going on all around us.

"It's only a few years ago that nobody wanted anything to do with Wythenshawe" said Alan, "there were lot's of empty homes and the area had a very bad reputation". Recently though this has changed and I asked Alan why he thought this was. "It has a lot to do with the development of Manchester Airport, which is only a couple of miles away. This has bought a huge amount of new business to the area, and that good because house prices in Wythenshawe are still affordable, whilst many other  areas such as Cheadle and Gatley aren't. Also, there's been a lot of redevelopment of the Wythenshawe as a whole - many of the older properties that were is disrepair have been pulled down and whole areas have been redeveloped. This had attracted many new people into the area - it's a great place for first time buyers and buy to let housing."

I went on to ask Alan how difficult it was to get a mortgage in Wythenshawe? "It depends who you go to" he offered. "The high street lenders like the banks will still make you jump through hoops and then it'll take several months to even get the mortgage application process up and running. With an independent or 'whole of market' mortgage broker like Manchester Mortgages, we can give people the best deals available from all the lenders and usually get a mortgage offer out to people within a week".

Was it difficult using a mortgage advisor like Manchester Mortgages I asked Alan? "No, it's not hard at all, we do all the paperwork and fill in the application forms. Also as we have so much experience in providing mortgages we can advise people on the best type of deals and even tailor deals specifically to suit them. A big area for us is getting mortgages for people with bad credit ratings. Many banks and high street lenders won't touch people with a large amount of debt, we do, and we often find them mortgages too" said Alan.

After our coffee I took a walk around Wythenshawe a noticed that it really is an up and coming area - full of potential and promise for the future.