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Research shows housing associations could deliver 44,000 new homes a year in England
Housing associations across England could more than double the number of new homes up to 84,000 a year by 2020, according to new research. In a new report, Releasing untapped potential for more housing, property advisor Savills say that associations have the financial capacity to deliver 44,000 extra homes a year in just over a […] The post Research shows housing associations could deliver 44,000 new homes a year in England appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
Research finds UK Government housing help schemes are working
Possibly more by accident than design, the current patchwork of eight Government housing schemes aimed at home buyers and owner across the income spectrum, are helping more get on the housing ladder, new research suggests. But there are very different levels of ‘generosity’ in the programmes with the Right to Buy and Starter Home schemes […] The post Research finds UK Government housing help schemes are working appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
UK property industry disappointed over lack of stamp duty reform
There is disappointment in the UK property industry that Chancellor Philip Hammond did not take on board calls for a change to stamp duty, the tax paid when a property is bought. In the run up to the autumn statement there had been hope that he might reverse the 3% additional stamp duty imposed earlier […] The post UK property industry disappointed over lack of stamp duty reform appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →