Housing News – Page 264
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Private renting ‘must increase’
The private rented sector should be expanded, according to a communities department report.
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NewsHouse prices crash 15% in a year
Average UK home now worth £30,000 less than a year ago, says Nationwide
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NewsHome repossessions rise 71%
Repossessions in second quarter show ‘significant’ rise, while prices fall 2.2% in the year to September
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NewsLet it be: did a government review of private rented housing go far enough?
Nick Jopling of CB Richard Ellis says what's missing from the Rugg Review, why a build-to-let sector should not need tax breaks and how student accommodation could be the solution to the housing shortage
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NewsTaking stock: how two housing associations swapped homes
The housing regulator has urged landlords to swap homes to concentrate their efforts on particular neighbourhoods but few have done so. Now A2Dominion Group tells us of its recent trade with nearby landlord Moat
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NewsHouse prices will take years to recover from slump
2.5m homeowners face negative equity as prices are set to drop by 25%
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News8,000 construction jobs may go in Northern Ireland
Industry body says employment in the region is at 'crisis point'
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NewsFind better housing for migrants, says charity
Migrant workers will live in overcrowded rental accommodation unless councils clamp down on rogue landlords, says BSHF
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NewsNegative equity threat to 1.2m homeowners
About 500,000 mortgage holders already owe more than the value of their home says Bank of England
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NewsCare home security: the danger of killing with kindness
A design standard intended to improve home security could actually put care home residents at risk in an emergency. Our columnist describes how he helped to amend it
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NewsLondon mayor retracts opposition to three London towers
Boris Johnson u-turns over £1bn Waterloo development that includes 33-storey tower
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NewsFive ways to save the housebuilding industry
Over the past year, the government has launched numerous measures to halt the plunge in housing starts. But will any of them work? Joey Gardiner asks the experts
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Mayor backtracks on 50,000 affordable homes target
Boris Johnson says 50,000 homes will be ‘delivered’ – but not necessarily newly built
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NewsBanks ‘would offer new waiver’ to Barratt and Taylor Wimpey
As Taylor Wimpey rescue talks continue, lenders say they will reshape deals rather than allow a breach
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NewsCredit crunch leaves £250m Burnley scheme in lurch
Scheme that includes Tony Wilson ‘fashion tower’ on hold after developer runs into financial difficulty
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NewsHousing stats: New-build sales and completions in September 2008
While private starts are at just one-third of their 2007 figure, public housing is relatively stable
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CPA raises doubts over government’s 2009 spending pledge
Industry experts have called on the government to provide clearer details of its pledge to bring forward public spending on construction projects to combat the recession, amid fears that is recycling old commitments.
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Government urged to abandon greenfield eco-towns
Sustainable communities development should be shifted towards extensions of existing conurbations
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NewsOne we made earlier
Modular contractor Spaceover has developed the UK’s first prefabricated two-storey family homes at its £10m Newhall development in Harlow, Essex.
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Pay plummets for Barratt bosses after difficult year
Barratt bosses have waived their performance bonuses in 2008 after a tough 12 months for the housebuilder.