Your need-to-know news and numbers: August 2025.

We’re back, wrapping up another month of property news – let’s take a look back through what happened in July, and the moments Together hit the headlines in this month’s edition of news and numbers.

2.1 million

Wythenshawe Park is Manchester’s second-largest park, attracting over 2.1 million visitors annually. And Together are proud to have helped open the doors to a new all-ability play area, designed as an inclusive space where all children and young people can have fun!

Paul Moran , Head of Sustainability at Together, told Marketing Stockport “We’re proud to have supported this exciting project. From the beginning, we were inspired by the vision of creating a space where all children can play side by side. The new play area perfectly complements recent efforts to make Wythenshawe Park more inclusive, and we look forward to seeing the positive impact on the local community and visitors from further afield alike.”

1.2%

At the halfway point of the year, we’ve heard from Rightmove that the average property price has declined by 1.2% , as seen in an article in the Mortgage Finance Gazette.

Ryan Etchells , Chief Commercial Officer at Together, shared his perspective on what the latest house price index revealed saying “a consecutive monthly fall in house prices confirms what we’ve been seeing of late: that it’s a buyers’ market.”

When discussing recent activity in the market, such as stamp duty and stubborn inflation, Ryan spoke about the opportunities this could present saying “subdued house prices may present an excellent opportunity for aspiring homebuyers, as well as landlords looking to grow their portfolios.”

50 years (or more…)

According to industry leaders, lending into retirement could help solve the UK’s housing affordability crisis, with intergenerational mortgages. In a recent article in The Intermediary commentators called for new ways to help more people buy homes - Japanese-style intergenerational mortgages that run for 50 years or more and are paid off by the next generation.

Tanya Elmaz , our Managing Director of Intermediary Sales, offered her insights. “We already have slightly longer terms for our residential mortgages, but we’ve got an aging population so it doesn’t matter what type of lender you are, you cannot have your eyes closed to the fact that we’re going to be working for longer.”

3

That’s how many reasons are given in a recent article in The Business Desk, as Richie Watson, Corporate Sales Director, discusses why Manchester’s thriving economy is perfect for retail and office investment.

• Student housing – The city’s academic facilities, vibrant culture and growing tech and media industries attract and retain a large number of students, providing ample opportunities for landlords catering for the demographic.


• Office space – With more tech businesses and young professionals calling the city home, the growing appetite for Prime and Grade A office space presents a key opportunity for investors, especially those looking to refurbish older office stock.


• Retail – Over three quarters (76%) of investors we spoke to believe that retail in the city will be a good investment over the next 5 years, with many (79%) highlighting semi-commercial properties as a particular area of interest.

As you can see, Manchester is a city ripe for commercial property investment, and a location we took a closer look at in our new Cities in Focus Report.

32%

After three years leading the Intermediary team as a Director, in which she’s overseen a 32% increase in annual sales driven by Together’s intermediary panel on last year (totalling £1.6 bn), we’re delighted to announce that Tanya Elmaz has been promoted to Managing Director of Intermediary Sales.

The positive move demonstrates our continued commitment to expanding and supporting our intermediary partnerships, with Tanya overseeing all broker relations including networks and clubs, roving underwriters and new introducing brokers (IB) to Together.

In a comment in Business Money, Tanya said “I am delighted to be stepping into the shoes of managing director for Together’s Intermediary team. In the last three years the intermediary team has gone from strength to strength, and I couldn’t be prouder of their achievements to date. I look forward to taking our Intermediary channel to the next level and driving our ambitious growth plans ahead.”

On that note, we’ll be back with another property news round-up next month.

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