Former Manchester United midfielder Owen Hargreaves has named four Manchester United players who need to shoulder the goals responsibility with top scorer Marcus Rashford out injured.
25.03.2023 - 12:53 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
"If you are thinking of moving to Manchester city centre - this is your sign to not move," presenter and influencer Saskia Marriott tells her thousands of TikTok followers as she recounts her experience of hunting for a one-bed flat in the heart of the city.
Saskia, 26, has spent months searching for somewhere new to live after the rent in her current Salford flat increased by 50% in just two years. She says she has a good budget, an above-average salary for someone of her age, no pets, no children, and no parking requirements. "I'm not a fussy client," she says in her TikTok video. "Yet I am so struggling."
Property experts say Manchester's rental market is experiencing a 'unique' pressure, as delayed construction due to Covid, countrywide economic forces, and huge population growth in the city work together to create a 'feeding frenzy'. It's an endorsement of Manchester's desirability as a place to live and work - but for some those on the ground, the situation has become 'ridiculous'.
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Saskia, who has a TikTok following of 43,000, told the Manchester Evening News she started looking for a flat in early February, and had 25 viewings booked between then and the beginning of March. But she only made it to two, with all the other flats being snapped up before she could even see them.
"I think my flatmate thought I was being dramatic when I told her how much I was struggling," she said. "But she's going through it now - she took three days off work and only had one viewing because they all got cancelled.
"It's ridiculous. It's gone mad."
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