Tuesday 14 June 2011

Mortgage Comparison: UK: Manchester vs UK: Leeds!

Welcome to today's daily mortgage comparison! Giving you mortgage comparisons from two of the biggest cities in the UK!

Now here we have the UK, city of Manchester!,
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. In 2009, its population was estimated to be 483,800, making it the seventh-most populous local authority district in England. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas; the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester had an estimated population of 2,600,100, the Greater Manchester Urban Area a population of 2,240,230, and the Larger Urban Zone around Manchester, the second-most-populous in the UK, had an estimated population in the 2004 Urban Audit of 2,539,100. The demonym of Manchester is Mancunian.

Average House Price: £200,000
Average Mortgage:  £210,000



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And here we have the UK, the city of Leeds!
Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city had a population of 787,700 (2009 est.) making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.

Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial heart of the West Yorkshire Urban Area, which at the 2001 census had a population of 1.5 million, and the Leeds city region, an economic area with Leeds at its core, had a population of 2.9 million. Leeds is the UK's largest centre for business, legal, and financial services outside London, and its office market is the best in Europe for value.


Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Leeds can trace its recorded history to fifth century when the Kingdom of Elmet was covered by the forest of "Loidis", the origin of the name Leeds. The name has been applied to many administrative entities over the centuries. It changed from being the appellation of a small manorial borough, in the 13th century, through several incarnations, to being the name attached to the present metropolitan borough. In the 17th and 18th centuries Leeds became a major centre for the production and trading of wool. Then, during the Industrial Revolution, Leeds developed into a major industrial centre; wool was still the dominant industry but flax, engineering, iron foundries, printing and other industries were important. From being a compact market town in the valley of the River Aire in the 16th century Leeds expanded and absorbed the surrounding villages to become a populous urban centre by the mid-20th century.
Average House Price: £190,000
Average Mortgage:  £220,000


So theres the facts guys, Leeds is slightly cheaper but Manchester has alot to offer, where would you rather live? ;D

30 comments:

  1. i've spent a lot of time in leeds before, it's a really nice place to live and seeing as they are both similarly priced i'd have to go for leeds.

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  2. Leeds! wanted to head up there for uni, I hated Manchester as a city to be honest... I visited Sheffield after Leeds and have my heart set on Sheffield now haha. Leeds was great though!

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  3. Definitely Leeds, I've heard rumours about Manchester.

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  4. Leeds looks more peaceful.

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  5. I love that shot of Manchester.

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  6. Have to do Manchester. GO MANCHESTER UNITED!

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  7. Are you required to be a United fan? I mean, isn't it the law?

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  8. Can I pick a city based purely on its sports team? Go Man-U!

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  9. Leeds sounds nice, but Manchester has the soccer team.

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  10. Manchester! I love the accent!

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  11. I think I would go with Man. Leeds also looks not bad.

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  12. Both of them have nice buildings! :O I'll go with Manchester.

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  13. close call, like manchester but had better adventures in leeds, hmmmm...

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  14. It's all about Manchester!!! More stuff to do!

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  15. MANCHESTER... It is very beautiful

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  16. There was a joke in Good Omens about Manchester being completely awful, so I guess Leeds!

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  17. Manchester looks neato :D

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  18. Wow, england... Leeds looks cozy, manchester looks beautiful. I'm not sure man, I'm not sure...

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  19. well, manchester looks very nice, but leeds looks atractive too, I'm afraid I prefer manchester

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  20. manhcester, seems to be more popular

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  21. Never heard of Leeds so I'd want to try living there lol.

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