- Manchester is the second largest city in the UK and is experiencing significant population and economic growth as people move there from London. It has a large student population from two major universities. - Manchester has extensive transportation infrastructure including an international airport and tram system, and continues to invest in new projects. Housing prices are rising faster than inflation as demand outstrips supply. - The city has a diverse economy focused on technology, media and communications and unemployment is low, though there are still social issues around deprivation and homelessness.

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Manchester is in the North-West of
England and is considered by many
to be the UK’s second city behind the
capital, London. It is a city of national
cultural and economic importance.
The city is the heart of the Greater
Manchester region which is bordered
by the Peak District to the East and the
Liverpool City Region to the West.
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POPULATION
The population of Manchester stands at approximately 520,000.
Between 2004 and 2014, Manchester Local Authority saw its
population grow by 16.9% - almost double the UK average of 7.8%.
The population of the city is expected to grow to 600,000 by 2030
(Greater Manchester Property Investment Guide 2016).
600,
000
STUDENT POPULATION - 69,945
University of Manchester = 38,590
Manchester Metropolitan = 31,355
Manchester University boasts the largest single-site university
in the UK, with the biggest student community. The University
is ranked 41st in the world, 8th in Europe and 5th in the UK and
has been home to 25 Nobel Prize winners to date.
• Manchester is one of the fastest growing cities
outside of London both in terms of population
and economy. The movement of people from
London to Manchester is now a recognised long
term trend.
• Manchester is the 14th most sustainable city in
the world, based on measures in people, power
and profits by the Arcadis Sustainable Cities
Index.
• Manchester is the UK’s third most popular
tourist city in the UK after London and
Edinburgh.
• Manchester is the European City of Science for
2016, reflecting its history as being the crucible
of the industrial revolution and the city which
split the atom, created the programmable
computer, birthed the world’s first “test tube
baby” and isolated Graphene, among many other
achievements.

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INFRASTRUCTURE
Manchester’s transportation network is vast and varied,
fully integrated and efficient. Highlights:
• Manchester Airport – The busiest airport in the UK outside
of London. Flights go to destinations around the world from
California to China. £1bn is being invested in the Airport
over the coming years, further solidifying Manchester’s
status as a business and tourist hub.
• Metrolink – The tram system is the UK’s largest tram
network and is set to improved further in the near future
with the completion of the St. Peter’s Square works and the
Trafford Park Line extension, the latter of which will provide
direct access to Port Salford.
• Road network – Major roads and motorways give residents
of Manchester access to all major cities in the UK, North
and South.
• Rail network – Manchester has a comprehensive rail
network which runs locally (for instance to Stockport),
regionally (for instance to Liverpool), and nationally
(Manchester is a two hour train journey away from London).
• Cycling – The ‘Better By Cycle’ project includes joining up
cycle routes, making them safer and getting more people
cycling. This project is expected to be completed in 2017
and the overall aim is to ensure 10% of all journeys made in
Manchester are made on bicycles by 2025.
In addition, the following are also either confirmed or
possible at some point in the future:
• Ordsall Chord – A small addition to the Manchester
innercity rail network which will remove a bottleneck
through the city and allow trains from the Airport and
Liverpool to travel through the city without stopping.
• HS2 – Faster journey to London and Birmingham. There ha
also been talk of folding this into the ongoing expansion
of Piccadilly Station, however this has met with serious
opposition and is in no way a done deal. For one the
University of Manchester has objected very strongly due
to the ongoing noise issues it would cause as well as the
vibrations from heavy construction work disturbing some
extremely delicate equipment on campus.
• Piccadilly Gardens – The Gardens can currently be
described as an eye sore at best. Nobody likes them and
there is a groundswell of public support to have them
revived as somewhere people want to spend time.
Whether the Gardens are returned to being actual gardens
or the space is turned into a proper public square without
a massive wall across it, it is likely that changes will occur
sooner rather than later.
• Smart Motorway – The M62 to Leeds is set to become a fully
‘smart’ motorway over the next decade, reducing travel
time between two Northern economic powerhouses and
making the journey more amenable to commuters.

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HOUSING
The average price of a property in Manchester is £162,532. This
average price represents a 6% increase over 2015 and a 7%
increase over the pre-financial crash value in 2007. This also
compares favourably to an average house price of £144,914
across the whole North West.
JLL predict that house prices in Manchester will continue to
rise by over 5% a year (over 20% by 2020) and this is borne
out by the continuing imbalance between supply and demand
in the city combined with its growing stature as one of the
best places for young people to live. Hundreds of dwellings
are built in Manchester every year but the rate at which
developments are completed is not close to the level required
– this is estimated to be at least 3500 new homes a year.
The average rent in Manchester is rising in line with the
property market and the average yield for a BTL landlord in
the city is circa 6% per year.
In addition to all the private developers, such as Knight Knox,
building new dwellings, it is worth bearing in mind other
sources of funding such as the Greater Manchester Housing
Fund - £300m earmarked to get difficult or underfunded
schemes off the ground instead of letting them fail.
EMPLOYMENT
Manchester is going from strength to strength in terms of
employment. Massive investment in the city from home (the
Government) and abroad (China, for one) as well as the
continued growth of the city as one of the UK’s foremost
technology, media and communications hubs ensures that
jobs continue pouring in.
The average weekly wage in Manchester is currently £485.20
and the employment rate stands at around 70% which is high
figure when the city’s large student population is taken into
account.
However it must also be remembered that the benefits of the
new industries are not reaching everyone. Manchester is home
to some of the most deprived areas in Europe as well as
having a massive homelessness problem which shows no sign
of being solved.