Empty Homes Agency calls for public action
To mark next week’s national empty homes week, the Empty Homes Agency (EHA) has launched a new website and called on the public to report run-down and empty homes, to…
Author: ROOF Magazine
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Call for tax relief for landlords to improve substandard housing
The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) says that landlords need incentives to drive improvements in the private rented sector as thousands of tenants were living in homes that are…
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Mortgages should be capped
The government should consider imposing caps on the amount mortgage companies can lend to homebuyers, the deputy governor of the Bank of England has suggested. Sir John Gieve, who is…
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Lunchtime news Thursday 29 May 2026
House prices have recorded their largest monthly fall since 1992, says Nationwide building society. Prices fell 2.5 per cent during May according to its latest monthly survey, bringing the year…
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Lunchtime news Monday 21 January 2026
Chancellor Alistair Darling has unveiled plans to convert Northern Rock’s £25 billion Bank of England loan into bonds before selling them to investors. The bonds would be guaranteed by the…
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Fear of return to council ghettos
Housing associations are to stop building mixed estates of privately owned and social rented homes because of the credit crunch, leading to fears of a return to ‘council ghettosâ says…
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Lunchtime news May 9
Commenting in the Evening Standard, Shelter chief executive Adam Sampson warns that homes in London costing less than £100,000 could soon be a thing of the past. An increasingly detached…
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Debtors are getting wealthier
An increasing number of wealthier homeowners are seeking debt help as the rise in unemployment and falling property prices puts pressure on household budgets, the Consumer Credit Counselling Service said.…
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Government urged to do more to end child poverty
On the tenth anniversary of Labour’s pledge to end child poverty, the Child Action Poverty Group (CPAG) has urged the government not to abandon the target in the face of…
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LAs not buying unsold properties
Social landlords in the 20 areas with the longest social housing waiting lists have bought only 20 properties between them through the government’s £200 million rescue package. Just four local…