We buy where the numbers work.
Manchester Sourcing has been buying, refurbishing and letting property in the North of England for years. Manchester Sourcing is the same business, the same people, under a name that finally describes where we work and who we work for.
We started in Liverpool in 2018, and Liverpool is still the heart of it — the terraced streets of Anfield, Kirkdale, Everton, Walton and Kensington account for a large share of the 450-plus properties we have sourced since. Over time we followed the same approach east into County Durham and Tyne & Wear, because the housing stock and the demand there suit what we do.
That is the reason for the change of name. "Manchester Sourcing" described one city, and we had long since outgrown it. It also said nothing about the fact that most of the people we now work for are not in the UK at all.
What we actually are
We are not a fund, we do not take an equity stake in your property, and we never hold your money. You buy in your own name. What we do is the work: finding the property, negotiating and managing the purchase, refurbishing it with our own trades, and handing it over tenanted and producing income.
That last part is the bit most sourcing agents leave out, and it is the reason our investors come back.
Why the track record is the point
Over 450 properties and more than £70 million bought for investors since 2018 is not a headline, it is a body of work you can interrogate. Ask us about the ones where the refurbishment ran over, or the survey came back badly, or the vendor pulled out — those exist, and we would rather tell you about them than pretend they don't.
If you are sending a six-figure sum to a business in a country you are not in, the only thing that should reassure you is evidence. Not a brochure.
What we will do
- Give you one named person for the whole process
- Quote the refurbishment cost before you commit, and stand by it
- Tell you when we have nothing that suits you
- Introduce the social housing provider and their terms directly
- Invite you to check our references
What we won't do
- Hold your money — it goes to your solicitor, not to us
- Publish a vendor's details on an off-market deal
- Push an HMO at someone who wants a hands-off asset
- Give you financial or tax advice — that is your adviser's job
- Promise a return we cannot evidence
Working with us from overseas
Most of our investors are based outside the UK, and a good number have bought without ever coming to see the property. Full photographic packs, video walkthroughs and one point of contact on WhatsApp make that workable. A social housing lease removes tenant management entirely, which is where most overseas buyers land.
There is a fuller explanation here, including the parts that are genuinely harder at a distance.
Ask us for references.
Any serious investor should. We would think less of you if you didn't.