New construction orders for private housing were down over the summer, according to the release of the August 2017 report from the Department for Business,… Read More »Cool summer for private housing construction orders
The delivery of the £7.2 million Supporting People programme provided by Tameside council is excellent with excellent prospects to continue to improve, according to an… Read More »Three stars for Tameside
The Ombudsman for Estate Agents (OEA) scheme has introduced an independent review process for use by consumers who are dissatisfied with the service they have… Read More »Complaints about complaint handling
The Department for Communities and Local Government has published Housing in England 2005-06, which provides key housing data on owner occupation and on the social… Read More »Key housing data released
Communities and Local Government has published revised guidance to help the construction industry respond to the challenge of meeting the zero carbon homes target. HM… Read More »Revised code for zero carbon published
Conservatives have committed to scrapping home information packs as part of their housing strategy. Speaking at the Conservative party conference in Blackpool, Shadow Housing Minister,… Read More »We can do better: housing strategies
House prices remained unchanged over September, according to the latest national housing survey from Hometrack, the housing intelligence business. This is the second month in… Read More »Lack of supply underpins prices
The Chancellor has announced changes to capital gains tax in the pre-budget report. Grant Sutton head of property and construction, Clare Jacob, said, The move… Read More »Capital gains tax changes announced
The Chancellor has announced the Communities and Local Government budget in the comprehensive spending review which includes support for the building of three million new… Read More »Pound for pound: infrastructure next steps
Estate Education, the UK education and awareness campaign for real estate investment trusts (Estate Education) and property investment, has urged that further action is needed,… Read More »Estate Education disappointment
The Chancellor has announced that the unpopular planning gain supplement (PGS) is to be replaced with a statutory planning charge. In his pre-budget report, The… Read More »PGS replaced with statutory planning charge