Housing affordability could hit 15 year low
A widely predicted rise in interest rates would push housing affordability to the worst level in 15 years.
EP to invest £600m over the next year
English Partnerships (EP) will invest up to £600 million in regeneration projects over the next year according to chief executive John Callcutt.
Rural commission calls for ten homes in every village
Every village in England should have up to ten new houses in order to solve the rural housing crisis, according to the head of the government’s Commission for Rural Communities.
Kelly stops Liverpool demolition
Communities minister Ruth Kelly has issued a stop notice on the demolition or refurbishment of 3,000 pre-1919 terrace houses in Liverpool.
Compulsory home condition reports scrapped
Housing minister Yvette Cooper has bowed to pressure from housebuilders and mortgage lenders and announced that home condition reports (HCRs) will not be compulsory when home information packs (HIPs) are introduced next year.
North/south divide grows says RICS
A \"mini-boom\" in London and the South East has widened the north/south property price divide, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
Retirement builder accepts offer and starts bid war
McCarthy & Stone has accepted a £1.03 billion offer as the bidding war for Britain’s biggest retirement homes builder heats up.
House prices to leap 50% in six years
Economic forecasts by the National Housing Federation (NHF) predict that the average house price in England will rise by 50% within six years.
Fire wipes out 200 St George homes
St George has lost 200 homes in a fire on its Colindale site in North London.
Record year for Gladedale as profits up by 48%
Gladedale has turned in a record set of annual results, following a year in which it acquired Country & Metropolitan and North Country Homes.
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