Liverpool housing providers have welcomed the news that the government is expanding its Affordable Homes Programme. Yesterday (5 January) communities secretary Sajid Javid announced that housing associations and local authorities can now apply for a share of a £7 billion funding pot to help deliver new properties. The funding has been unlocked ... Read More...
Autumn Statement
New measures announced in the government’s Autumn Statement could bring rising rental costs, according to Liverpool property experts. Industry insiders have questioned whether Chancellor Philip Hammond’s decision to ban letting agents from charging fees to tenants will really benefit those renting homes. Following the Chancellor’s announcement yesterday (23 November) that landlords should ... Read More...
Further investment for new homes and a ban on letting agents charging fees to tenants have been announced by Chancellor Philip Hammond today (23 November). As the Chancellor delivered his first – and last – Autumn Statement to the House of Commons, outlining the government’s forthcoming spending plans, he highlighted the ... Read More...
The government must pledge its ongoing commitment to the Help to Buy scheme when delivering today's Autumn Statement, according to a Liverpool property developer. New City Vision is calling for Chancellor Philip Hammond to continue backing the initiative and introduce new measures to help get more people onto the property ladder. Sales ... Read More...
The impact of the government’s Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) reforms, which were implemented a year ago, has attracted a mixed response from Liverpool agents. Representatives of the city’s property industry have reflected on how the changes introduced on 4 December 2014, which make the first £125,000 of a property price ... Read More...
Liverpool’s housing market and construction experts have reacted to Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement. In his agenda the Chancellor revealed the government’s plan to build 400,000 affordable new homes across England and that the housing budget will double to £2 billion per year, declaring ‘we choose to build’. The city's residential experts have ... Read More...
The Chancellor has pledged to “do much more” to boost home ownership in the country, by doubling the government’s housing budget to more than £2 billion per year. Announcing his Spending Review and annual Autumn Statement today (25 November), George Osborne revealed plans to build 400,000 affordable new homes by the ... Read More...
The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement should give Merseyside housing associations “greater freedoms” over what they focus their energy on when it is announced today (25 November), according to one industry expert. As George Osborne prepares to combine a spending review with the annual Autumn Statement, which will update the government’s plans for ... Read More...