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Category: Housing

Salford tops UK list for most stable house prices

House prices in Salford are the most stable in the entire country, new research from property website Zoopla suggests. Since April the number of properties reduced in...

Salford community grows together with new allotment

A Salford community have dug deep to transform an overgrown plot of land into a brand new communal garden and allotment. Housing association Salix Homes recently helped...

Salford ‘still affordable’ while home ownership plummets elsewhere

Salford is one of the few parts of Greater Manchester where housing is still relatively affordable. That’s the message from housing experts in the wake of a...

Council to keep Fitzwarren Court as demand for one-beds rockets

A 135-bed tower block in Salford earmarked for demolition will be retained by Salford council because of a shortage of one-bedroom properties. Fitzwarren Court was to be...

Pictures: Last orders for Hyde Park Corner pub

Demolition is ongoing at a former Salford community pub to make way for a new apartment block. Hyde Park Corner on Silk Street, near Salford University, is to be...

100 years ago: Woman with ‘filthiest house in Eccles’ warned to clean it up

Some of our readers may recall back before the 1980s if you moved into a council house – as my family did – part of the tenancy agreement was that you had to...

Salford’s ‘Happy Street’ raising Cash For Kids

A Salford community rocked by the Boxing Day floods is showing great charitable spirit, selflessly raising money for disadvantaged, poorly and vulnerable children across...

Brownfield building boom for Salford

Nine out of ten new homes being built in Salford are being built on brownfield land. That’s the findings of the latest residential development monitoring report...

Plans finally in for five and six-storey towers after £650,000 Salford Skills Centre sell-off

Plans are now available to view for more flats coming to Salford, near the gasworks and Salford fire station. Developers are eyeing 91 flats in total in two five and six...

Salford flood affected properties receive up to £5k flood protection work

Hundreds of Salix Homes properties affected by the Boxing Day floods will now receive up to £5,000 of flood-resilient improvements. The Salford housing association has...