Stretford<\/a> is \u00a3295,538. However, semi-detached properties are selling for a mean price of \u00a3338,155, and terraced houses are going for \u00a3284,496.<\/p>\nAttia Iqbal, 46, runs a care agency and not too long ago sold her terraced house for \u00a3248,000 to relocate to Chorlton.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey redeveloped Chorlton a while ago and made it a highly desirable place to live and socialise,\u201d she said. \u201cThe council appear to be doing that here, which seems to be how to do.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe effect of that is that more people want to live in Stretford and be part of it, which will push property prices up.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Attia Iqbal with her eight-year-old daughter Fatema<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not just existing housing that\u2019s in demand. Anyone interested in a waterside des res should check out the nearly-complete Edgewater View apartment block on the banks of the Bridgewater Canal.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the regeneration of the town centre will yield 800 new homes alongside the rebirth of King Street as an open-air high street similar to how it was decades ago, but with more independent shops, bars and restaurants.<\/p>\n
Alan Smith, 60, is a computer programmer currently between jobs. He also lives in Chorlton, but enjoys cycling up the road into Stretford.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cI used to work in the offices in the Arndale when I started work. The great thing about Stretford is you get a full spectrum of properties. There are some very desirable high-end homes and there are some that are more affordable.<\/p>\n
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Alan Smith<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can buy yourself a stunning property here for a lot less than in some of the more so-called fashionable areas of Manchester. You can buy a nice big house in Stretford.\u201d<\/p>\n
Georgie Grzesiak, who runs the Square cafe in Stretford Mall, said: \u201cMe and my husband paid \u00a355,000 for our Stretford house 24 years ago. It\u2019s probably worth about \u00a3400,000 now.<\/p>\n
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Georgie Grzesiak<\/p>\n
\u201cWe needed the space because we had four children. It\u2019s a good place to live because it\u2019s in the middle of everywhere. We\u2019re in between Chorlton and Urmston and you can easily get into Manchester. So from a geographical location point of view, we\u2019re ideally placed.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Margaret Kay, 79, thinks the revamp of the town centre helps. \u201cI came here 14 years ago from Suffolk to be nearer my grandchildren. I think the revamp of the town centre will probably push property prices up. It\u2019s the sort of area people move into with their families.<\/p>\n
But the transport links are very good.\u201d<\/p>\n
One woman, who did not wish to be named, said: \u201cEverything is over-priced, including property. I live in a housing association property and I haven\u2019t been able to afford to buy my own property. The cost of living is crippling, and cost of housing is no different. I feel sorry for the young people trying to get onto the property ladder.\u201d<\/p>\n
The wife of another couple, who did not wish to be named, said: \u201cWe don\u2019t want Stretford to become like Chorlton and Didsbury<\/a>. We don\u2019t want local people being priced out of the town. That would be a shame, now they\u2019re doing all this work on the town centre.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nick Jackson visits part of Greater Manchester that’s on the up and finds optimism and some worries.Edgewater View…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,4884,2465,1289,26900,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-261141","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-manchester","12":"tag-trafford","13":"tag-trafford-council","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114845044447647210","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Edgewater View is one of Stretford’s new des res locations<\/p>\n