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Your property portfolio deserves more than a managing agent. It needs a partner who understands the market opportunities that exist in the local area, helping you maximise yields from your property portfolio.
Your property portfolio deserves more than a managing agent. It needs a partner who understands the market opportunities that exist in the local area, helping you maximise yields from your property portfolio.
West Yorkshire sits at the centre of the UK's fastest-growing northern economy - anchored by Leeds, connected to Manchester, and increasingly favoured by businesses and renters priced out of the south. With strong yields, lower entry points, and rising demand from a mobile workforce, it's a region built for long-term residential investment.
Whether you're building a portfolio or optimising an existing one, our large regional coverage, off-market access, and investor-led approach makes WS Residential a trusted partner for serious investors wishing to focus on property investment in West Yorkshire.
West Yorkshire is no longer an emerging market - it's an established investment location benefiting from economic growth, regional relocation and sustained rental demand.
Leeds has become the UK's largest financial and legal centre outside London, while Manchester continues to attract global employers across tech, media and life sciences. As these cities grow, demand is spilling into well-connected surrounding towns across Calderdale, Kirklees and Bradford — areas offering better yields and lower purchase prices, without sacrificing accessibility.
For investors, this creates a powerful combination: capital growth driven by city-region expansion, and strong rental performance in commuter locations.
At WS Residential, we help investors interpret these trends on the ground - identifying where demand is growing, which locations are outperforming, and how to structure portfolios for resilience and growth.
We support landlords at every stage of the property lifecycle — from acquisition to disposal, and everything in between. Our investor clients include portfolio landlords, developers, high-net-worth individuals, pension funds, build-to-rent developers and family offices.
Managing multiple properties across different towns and cities doesn't have to be complex. Thanks to our branch network and dedicated regional Property Managers, we offer portfolio landlords a single point of contact across West Yorkshire.
We're also offering build-to-rent services supporting developers and institutional investors with bespoke leasing and management packages.
Director
I'm Ben, the Director at WS Residential and have worked in the property industry since leaving full-time education. I now have over 25 years of experience within the local property market which I use to help our clients find the perfect home and realise the maximum value from their house sale. I became director of WS Residential in 2015 and since then I have focused on continuing to promote the expertise we have across the business in the sale of family homes.
Excellent customer service has always been of huge importance to me, and this has guided me in creating a residential team with a wealth of knowledge, rarely seen within the estate agency industry.
In my spare time I enjoy reading, playing the occasional round of golf, gardening, and family days out with my wife, two girls and Belle our cockapoo.
Director
Adam oversees the residential management team which is responsible for ensuring the successful letting, compliance and daily management of more than 850 properties across the West Yorkshire region. Built with a customer first strategy and a focus on active management, Adam ensures his personal drive is replicated throughout the department and provides daily advice to landlords on the ever-changing legislation within the sector, guidance on future growth and restructuring of assets, and gives clients updates on their portfolio's performance.
Starting as a trainee he has fulfilled several roles within the business developing his skillset along the way. 22 years' experience has seen Adam have involvement with both sale and purchase, residential and mixed use developments, and build a grounded knowledge in building and advising on investment strategies for a variety of clients, ranging from small partnerships to institutional private pension funds. There isn't much Adam hasn't come across and he isn't afraid to share his honest opinions to ensure clients investments and acquisitions bring continued success.
Outside of the office, you will often find him exploring the countryside (with a particular love for the Lake District) with his wife and family Cocker Spaniel – Sami. He also considers himself a "dedicated" hobby cyclist and you'll often find him grimacing up one of Calderdale's local cols or cheering on the Tour de France on an Alpine Mountain.
Our team have decades of experience in helping investors make the right portfolio decisions. Directors Ben Waites and Adam Powell bring a combined fifty years of hands-on expertise in residential property investment, compliance, and lettings strategy.
We're part of the Walker Singleton Group, giving you access to a wider team of property professionals - from surveyors to commercial agents — all under one roof.
Whether you're buying your first block or managing a multi-million-pound portfolio, you're in experienced, stable hands.
We manage multi-asset portfolios across the full West Yorkshire area including:
