Blaming Britain's Right to Buy scheme for the affordable housing crisis is...
Britain undoubtedly has a housing shortage crisis. There are way too many people looking for somewhere to live, compared to what is available on the market. This sends prices soaring and in turn the...
View ArticleGovernment plans to scrap lifetime security of tenure in social housing tenants
The Government is planning to scrap lifetime security of tenure for renters in council and housing association properties, according to industry reports. Inside Housing magazine reports that the...
View ArticleAffordable housing goals, Sioux Falls historic homes clash
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) Xenia Gutierrez is a proud homeowner. The 67-year-old Bronx native rented homes in Sioux Falls for 13 years, until her children urged her to buy last year. Her apartment wasn't...
View ArticleHomebuyers camp out overnight for chance to buy affordable flat
Day-long queue on streets of west London to put down deposit on flats which won’t be ready until 2017...
View ArticleUnusual deal keeps some rents lower
NEW YORK - Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village, the largest apartment complex in Manhattan, is expected to be sold for more than $5.3 billion, an agreement that will preserve nearly half the...
View ArticleThe do-it-yourself answer to Britain's housing crisis
A genuinely affordable self-build project in Lewisham, London, is a chance to try out collective construction in a dense urban area...
View ArticlePaddy Gray: Long-term rental strategy is still needed
Renting is becoming the norm for many in a nation that was once highly dominated by owner occupation. The proportion of households who rent privately has increased in recent years, particularly among...
View ArticleHow good a landlord is East Lothian Council? (East Lothian Council)
(Source: East Lothian Council) East Lothian Council is launching its second Landlord's Report to Tenants. This shows the council's tenants how it is performing as a social landlord by contrasting the...
View ArticleThis chart explains why there's barely any affordable housing in Britain
Barratt Developments is the latest homebuilder to report a surge in sales for properties that haven't even been built yet. But a breakdown of its numbers shows why Britain still has an affordable...
View ArticleTake three: solutions to the rental crisis
Professionalise the sector The private rental sector is predominately made up of landlords who own just one or two properties. Attracting big investment in professionally managed residential property...
View ArticleLondon housing report asks for help for priced out middle income groups
A study for a leading think tank warns that without cheaper housing options, the capital will lose a vital section of its modestly-paid workforce...
View ArticleThe Government schemes that could help first-time buyers (Rightmove plc)
(Source: Rightmove plc) Housing and Planning Minister Brandon Lewis tells Rightmove about the Government schemes that could help open the door to owning your home. We want to ensure that anyone who...
View ArticleBritain building again as new homes rise by a quarter (DCLG - UK Department...
(Source: DCLG - UK Department for Communities and Local Government) number of new homes in England has risen by 25% over the past year highest annual percentage increase in net additional homes for 28...
View Article10 reasons Irish rents are so high
Without landlords there are no rental properties, and more than 70 per cent of private landlords with mortgages say that the rents don’t cover their repayments. In 2009 mortgage-interest relief against...
View ArticleJasmin Parsons and the troubled tale of the West Hendon estate
When estate regeneration schemes don’t turn out as planned, strong local characters who don’t like feeling pushed around can come vividly to the fore...
View ArticleNew affordable housing development in Dunfermline announced as latest to...
(Source: Fife Council) Taylor Wimpey to build 24 affordable homes at Lapwing Drive as part of Fife's Affordable Housing Programme One and two-bed flats for mid-market rent Good progress towards...
View ArticleHousing associations and housebuilding (DCLG - UK Department for Communities...
(Source: DCLG - UK Department for Communities and Local Government) In 1939 the Ministry of Information printed over 2 million copies of a very famous poster. It wasn't famous at the time though,...
View ArticleTwo million homes change tenure since 2005 (Countrywide plc)
(Source: Countrywide plc) Countrywide plc Monday, November 09, 2015 Two million homes have changed tenure in the last decade. On being sold these properties have switched from home owners to landlords...
View ArticleSep 15 First Time Buyer Barometer (LSL Property Services plc)
(Source: LSL Property Services plc) First time buyers drop from last month's 3 year high Under embargo until 00:01 Friday 30th October 2015 September 2015 Home owning 'aspiration gap' reaches new high...
View ArticleIn San Francisco, high rents are matched by rising incomes
WASHINGTON (AP) San Francisco has outlandishly high rents among the highest in the nation yet a striking number of tenants there can afford to plunk down as much as $3,000 for a studio apartment....
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