Since it’s such a big city, there’s a big real estate market in place. So when looking for homes for sale Manchester is an excellent place – it’ll be more of a question of picking where to move. If you choose to live in the center of town, Deansgate Locks, Castlefield and The Ropeworks are considered the best areas, although, of course, good homes can be found anywhere. If you plan to move outside of town and you either don’t own a car or you don’t want to drive it every day, you’ll be glad to know that Manchester has an amazing public transport system, complete with trains, buses – including a few zero fare buses – and a light rail tram system, which was actually the first one to be built in the United Kingdom.