Calls for the government to address social mobility problems in Britain with new housing measures have been backed by Merseyside housebuilders. Faye Whiteoak, Redrow’s development director for Liverpool, believes the recommendations made in the Social Mobility Commission’s State of the Nation 2016 report will add much needed housing stock and benefit the ... Read More...
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Wirral Waters will contribute to delivering 10,000 new homes on brownfield land around the country as it has been named as one of six new Housing Zones by the government. Announcing new initiatives to ‘speed up’ house building, housing minister Gavin Barwell confirmed the areas will have access to a new ... Read More...
The average Merseyside house price was up by 4.9% in April compared to the same time last year, new data has shown. According to the government’s new quarterly UK House Price Index (HPI), the area’s average property price during the period in 2016 was £130,187, having risen year on year from ... Read More...
Liverpool landlords must carry out checks to ensure potential tenants have the right to rent a property in the UK as new legislation comes into effect today (1 February). Private landlords across England, including those who sub-let or take in lodgers, could now risk penalty fines of up to £3,000 per ... Read More...
A new development partnership could see Liverpool City Council breathe new life into Welsh Streets homes. Cabinet members are being asked to approve plans for a six-month exclusivity agreement with PlaceFirst, which specialises in transforming old properties, so that surveys and investigations can be carried out prior to developing a new ... Read More...
Housing association tenants around Merseyside can now apply to buy their home after a government pilot scheme launched yesterday (25 January). Riverside is one of five housing associations across the country now piloting the new Voluntary Right to Buy initiative ahead of a national roll out later this year, and tenants ... Read More...
The government's 'starter homes' initiative could help to make more housing schemes viable for medium sized developers to deliver, according to one Merseyside-based firm. Forth Homes says it is confident the plans to build 200,000 new properties available at 20% discount to young first-time buyers will "offer some promising opportunities" for ... Read More...
House hunting families and young Merseyside buyers are expected to benefit from the government’s new plans to relax Shared Ownership criteria. Following yesterday’s (7 January) announcement that new measures will enable more people to take advantage of the scheme, which allows part buying and part renting of new homes, local provider ... Read More...
Liverpool housing developer, Elan Homes has welcomed the government's announcement of a new £1.2 billion starter home fund. The fund will allow brownfield sites to be prepared for new homes, speeding up the creation of 30,000 new starter properties and as many as 30,000 market homes on 500 new sites by ... 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...