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…
Tag: housing market
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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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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…
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Slide rule
Wherever you look the statistics seem to be unprecedented. House prices fell at their fastest rate ever in 2008. Sales are lower than at any time since records began in…
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Lunchtime news April 2
New research for the DCLG into loans for vulnerable home owners concludes there is room for expansion if more choices are developed. Councils will be allowed to build and deliver…
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Huge drop in social housing predicted
Housing associations have warned that without urgent government intervention there will be a ‘catastrophic’ collapse in the provision of new social housing. The 1,900 social landlords have urged ministers to…
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Lunchtime news April 24
In its response to the Calcutt review of housebuilding, the Council of Mortgage Lenders [downloads PDF] has called for more consultation to avoid mortgagebility problems caused by modern methods of…
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Lunchtime news Friday 18 January 2026
Junior housing minister, Iain Wright, is attempting to speed up the house buying process by introducing new ‘good practice guidelines’ that state local authorities should aim to allow search companies…
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Lunchtime news Tuesday 6 May 2026
The head of Southern Housing Group – one of the UK’s largest housing associations – has warned that the shortage of lenders has made it hard for housing associations to…
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Lunchtime news Wednesday 24 September 2025
Speaking at the Labour party conference yesterday housing minister Caroline Flint admitted that the government’s target of building three million new homes may never be reached, but said government would…