Some 500 houses in south Manchester have been refurbished in order to bring them up to the government's Decent Home standard.

The cost of housing in north-west England is continuing to fall, the results of a new study suggest.

Manchester has seen "notable falls" in rents in the past few months because of the oversupply of new-build apartments, it has been claimed.

The government has unveiled new measures to help first-time buyers in Manchester.

Urban Splash's Chimney Pot Park in Langworthy, Salford has been named the overall winner at the Housing Design Awards.

A house in Stockport is being pulled down brick by brick after the borough council ruled it was two-feet too high.

It is too early to tell whether or not the government's housing renewal scheme in Greater Manchester is a success, according to a panel of experts.

Work is underway to build nearly 200 homes in Heywood, seven miles north of Manchester city centre.

The average house price in Greater Manchester fell by 0.5 per cent in May to £130,533, according to the latest figures from the Land Registry.

Key workers and first-time buyers in Greater Manchester are being enticed by two new schemes that give them the chance to buy 100 per cent of a home for either 85 or 75 per cent of the price.