Success for no use empty as EDMO is awarded in Swale - 31st October 2007
eGov monitor - London,UK
Empty property officers at the four District Councils are working hard to ensure similar help and advice is available to property owners across East Kent. ...

3m new homes will not end crisis - 29th October 2007
Guardian Unlimited - UK
Councils with "robust strategies" to reduce the estimated 670000 empty homes nationally, including 300000 vacant long-term, would also get extra funds. ...

The property market - October 28, 2007
Times Online - UK
From January 1, Vat on renovations to homes empty for between two and three years will be slashed to 5%. Currently, that discount onthe normal 17.5% rate ...

Government offers cash incentives to ease housing shortage
Times Online - UK
We want to give more support to communities and councils who are doing their bit to deliver the extra housing needed, including bringing more empty homes ...

Unite welcomes cash boost for affordable council homes - 26th October 2007
Politics.co.uk - London,UK
Commenting on bringing empty homes back into use Mr. Dromey, who campaigned for the powers that councils now have, said, "Empty homes in communities full of ...

Extra 3m homes 'will not stop prices rising' - 26th October 2007
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
Also included in the plans is a £510m fund to help bring empty homes back into use. Councils who aggressively target empty properties, including through ...

Will there be a rate cut before Christmas? Kate Barker knows - but ... 26th October 2007
Times Online - UK
But images of decay and dilapidation have been appearing, after our report last week on the scandal of Britain's 840000 empty homes. ...

How should city tackle homes crisis - 26 October 2007
The Argus.co.uk - Brighton,UK
"With readily-available sites drying up, the city council must be quick to get existing empty homes brought back into use, whether by compulsory purchase of ...

High cost of empty properties - 24th October 2007
Lancashire Evening Post - Preston,England,UK
Council care homes closed down in a storm of controversy remain empty more than a year later, it has been revealed. The buildings are unused and are costing ...

Tax burden warning over empty property - 24th October 2007
ic Wales - United Kingdom
OWNERS of empty property in Wales face a massive tax burden thanks to new legislation coming into effect next April, a leading property consultant has ...

VANDALISM ALERT AT EMPTY HOMES - 18th October 2007
This is Nottingham - Nottingham,England,UK
People living near empty homes which become the target for antisocial behaviour are being urged to report them. Broken windows and associated problems can ...

Tesco forced to let? - 18th October 2007
St. Albans Observer - St. Albans,England,UK
By Alex Lewis SUPERMARKET giant Tesco could soon be forced to let tenants move into empty homes it owns in London Road. With the company rethinking its ...

United Kingdom: Pre-Budget Report 2007 - 16th October 2007
Mondaq News Alerts (subcription) - London,UK
There is no mention of the use of SPVs to hold commercial property. Renovations and alterations to residential properties that have been empty for at least ...

Council house sales could raise £1.5m - 16th October 2007
this is hampshire.net - Winchester,England,UK
The council has introduced a new policy this year of selling up to 10 empty homes a year, if each needs maintenance work of more than £8000. ...

EarthLog: If this isn't state bullying, what is? - 11th October 2007
Telegraph, London
Most of us like to think of Britain as a fair country where oppressive things do not happen. Consider then what happened today to a 60-year-old disabled grandmother in the Edge Lane area of Liverpool, who wants nothing more than to go on living in her own home...

Anger at claims of housing 'betrayal' - 11th October 2007
The Argus.co.uk - Brighton,UK
... examining ways to make it easier to build council houses and the Communities and Local Government Department was looking at how to utilise empty homes. ...

Fool News: Government Lends A Helping Hand To Ailing Houses - 10th October 2007
Motley Fool UK - UK
By Szu Ping Chan 10 October 2007 Empty homes in hope of a revamp were given a new lease of life in yesterday's pre-budget report as Alistair Darling ...

Tax break for second home owners- 10th October 2007
Channel 4 News - London,UK
At the same time from next January, second home owners taking on an empty property will see the rate of VAT they are charged on alterations and renovations ...

Pre-Budget: New homes budget up to £10bn for 2010/11 - 10th October 2007
Mortgage Strategy - UK
He has also introduced new measures to bring empty homes back into use, including exploring the effect local authorities can have by making use of their ...

Plans to return empty properties to market - 9th October 2007
AboutProperty.co.uk - London,UK
To encourage more rapid alteration or renovation of empty homes, from January 1st 2008 the reduced rate of five per cent chargeable VAT will be extended to ...

There is a darkness in the city centre - 8th October 2007
Guardian Unlimited - UK
With affordable housing, spiralling mortgages and the misery of first-time buyers a national worry, a vast number of potential homes lie empty, ...

City helps people invest in their homes - 8th October 2007
Liverpool City Council - United Kingdom
Council money will be targeted at reducing the number of empty properties, alleviating cold conditions and eradicating homes that don't meet the ...

Council in hunt for possible building sites - 4th October 2007
Berwick Today - Berwick Upon Tweed,Scotland,
UKBERWICK Borough Council is about to embark on a survey of empty property and land in a bid to find how many sites are available for building homes. ...

Buying property: Old versus new? Those hidden costs - 4th October 2007
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
No one expects a resale property to be as bright as a new pin, but once the previous owners have left, the empty property can reveal its chipped walls and ...

Paying for empty buildings - 3rd October 2007
Bourne Local - Bourne,Lincolnshire,UK
"Some property owners may be concerned about the potential extra cost, but if the new law has the desired effect this is good news for everyone - empty ...

4000 wait for homes while 2000 lie empty - 3rd October 2007
Sunderland Echo - UK
Council chiefs have now decided to act in a bid to bring more of the empty homes back into use. District of Easington council's head of housing, Ian Morris, ...

NEW regulatory changes mean rents look set to rise for North West ... 3rd October 2007 Southport Visiter - Southport,Lancashire,UK
At present, developers quite often leave property empty while they work up development plans. The effect of the new regulations will be that they delay ...

Bulldozers to demolish empty flats in Bartley Green - 3rd October 2007
24dash.com - Hereford,Herefordshire,UK
Each property will also receive an electrical test and roof inspection. Where required properties will also benefit from cavity wall and loft insulation ...

Firebugs put lives at risk by torching empty house - 2nd October 2007
ic Coventry - Coventry,UK
A Warwickshire police spokes-woman said: "Although the property is vacant, it adjoins other properties that are occupied and therefore police are treating ...

SECOND HOMES ARE DRIVING OUT LOCALS
NW Evening Mail - Barrow-in-Furness,Lake District,UK
There's also a large part of the year when houses are empty and there's no spending in the local economy. "It obviously has a detrimental effect on both ...