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Social #housing is set to be reformed to make #landlords more accountable and to give #tenants a greater voice, according to proposals published by the government this week.
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Zoopla
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Reforms announced by the government in response to Grenfell will make social housing landlords more accountable and speed up the complaints procedure.The government has announced that the new #helptobuy Equity Loan scheme in England, which is due to begin in April 2021, will be open to new applications from the 16th of December.
This may come as good news for first-time #buyers struggling to save up for a deposit of more than 10%, at a time when #mortgages with a loan-to-value higher than 85% are hard to find.
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Rightmove
New Help to Buy scheme opens in December | Property blog
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The government has announced that the new Help to Buy Equity Loan scheme in England will be open to new applications from the 16th of December.Safety checks that left thousands of people unable to sell their #flats after the #Grenfell disaster are being eased.
#housing Secretary Robert Jenrick said #homes without #cladding would no longer need an EWS1 external wall safety certificate - which involves a survey.
Thousands of people have been refused #mortgages on flats because owners have been unable to get the #surveys done.
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BBC News #construction
Safety checks eased to help flat owners 'in limbo'
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But lenders say they did not agree to the deal and question how many homeowners will benefit.A misty river, vibrant poppies and autumnal colours.
These are just some of the #pictures captured by members of the Echo Camera Club Dorset
The group has thousands of members with people invited to share their pictures of #Dorset and part of the New Forest."
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Bournemouth Daily Echo
#NewForest #photography #photo #nature #landscape #camera
10 lovely pictures by the Echo Camera Club Dorset to start your weekend
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A MISTY river, vibrant poppies and autumnal colours.Dorset Christmas Trees partners with Diverse Abilities.
DCT are employing out of work #hospitality teams to deliver the trees locally and will create a minimum of 10 jobs for the initiative.
Christmas Treecycling, provided by Diverse Abilities, is in its fifth year and will run over the weekend of Sat 9, Sun 10, & Mon 11 January 2021.
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Dorset Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Dorset Christmas Trees partners with Diverse Abilities
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Dorset Christmas Trees, founded by events and hospitality leaders Simon Brooks, James Maidment and Harry Brewer, has partnered with Dorset’s disability charity, Diverse Abilities, to offer a sustain...#Rents dropped 5% in London, but the rest of the UK showed 1.7% rental growth in 2020.
With England now in the grip of a second #lockdown and restrictions in place across the rest of the UK, Zoopla’s latest Rental Market Report reveals Covid-19 has led to a two-speed market.
But what does the two-speed market mean?
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Rents dropped 5% in London, but the rest of the UK showed 1.7% rental growth in 2020 - Zoopla
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Rents outside London have grown this year but they’ve dropped in the capital as Covid-19 creates a two-speed market, according to our Rental Market Report.The government is unlikely to bring forward its #planning #bill this year, and may even delay it until after next year’s May local elections, according to planning experts.
The government has faced a huge backlash from its own backbench MPs since publishing proposals to reform the planning system in August, which included a white paper, Planning for the Future, proposing the zoning of land and the abolition of section 106.
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#construction #planningpermission #building #development
Planning bill set for significant delay
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Analysts suggest legislation to implement white paper reforms may not come forward before May local electionsThe agency that runs the country’s Help to Buy programme has advised residents living in blocks with dangerous #cladding that they can only sell at a price that does not take into account the materials on the outside of the buildings, Inside Housing can reveal:
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#homes #housing #HelptoBuy #construction #propertymarket
Help to Buy leaseholders can only sell homes with cladding at ‘unaffected market value’
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Inside Housing, news, analysis, and comment about the social housing sector in the UK.Government investment in #homes and #jobs tops £1.8bn to support a housing-led recovery.
#Councils have been working hard to secure the investment that will support the government’s target to build 300,000 new homes every year, while supporting jobs and local #economies.
So far, sixteen local authorities across England have secured a share of the Forward Funding.
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UK government
#Mortgage choice improves for the first time in 5 months.
A total of 2,404 #mortgages are currently available - 145 more than in October, according to financial information group moneyfacts.co.uk
The biggest increase was seen in mortgages for people borrowing 75% and 80% of their #home’s value, with these tiers accounting for 63% of the rise.
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Zoopla
Mortgage choice improves for the first time in 5 months - Zoopla
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First-time buyers have been hit by reduced mortgage availability in the wake. of Covid-19, but the latest figures reveal an increase in products.Testimonials
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