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£26m fund for starter homes
Ministers have announced a £26m fund for house builders to buy brownfield land to build new ‘starter homes’ sold at a 20% discount. According…
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NHF suggest a new valuation of homes to boost borrowing
Housing associations are calling for lenders to accept a change to the way stock is valued which could create hundreds of millions of pounds…
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Largest surpluses are with the big develoing HAs
The vast majority of the social housing sector’s most active developers are also in the top 30 list of those with the biggest surpluses.…
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RTB outstrips social rent
The number of social rented homes sold under Right to Buy annually has now outstripped the number built, new analysis suggests. In inside Housing…
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New affordable homes on hold as the budget puts off landlords
Government-funded plans to build cheap rented homes are being renegotiated in light of the Budget – with many landlords projecting a shift to more…
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JRF suggests planning agreements for new developments
Viability assessment guidelines should be introduced to make it more difficult for developers to reduce affordable housing in planning agreements, a research charity has…
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Fixing the foundations
Here is the latest paper from the government on housebuilding plans and how this will support people into work. wW have known this for…
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Small £50m scheme for small builders
The government has announced it is going to provide £50m in match funding to boost a scheme designed to help small builders. According to…
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Affordable housing – ready?
The Affordable Housing sector is undergoing one of the most profound periods of change in its history, catalysed by the economic downturn and exacerbated by the…
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Latest Housing market anaysis from the HCA
Here is the June 2015 edition: HCA_Housing_Market_Bulletin_-_June_2015 (1) …
