Homes sell-off to raise repair cash - 19th December 2007
Islington Gazette - London,England,UK
This included scaling down some refurbishment plans and selling up to 500 empty homes. Residents have since been consulted and last Wednesday's meeting was ...

Cinema site turned down for housing - 18th December 2007
Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph - Kettering,England,UK
By Bernie Goodjohn THE latest in a series of applications to build affordable homes on the site of a former cinema which has been empty for 11 years has ...

Empty houses may be seized - 17th December 2007
Daily Post - Llandudno Junction, UK
Its 2007-2012 strategy for dealing with empty private sector houses will be debated by the Executive Board on Tuesday. Empty property – vacant for more than ...

Empty homes tax discount removal plans - 13th December 2007
Peterborough Evening Telegraph - Peterborough,England,UK
Council bosses in East Cambridgeshire has launched an initiative to bring empty homes back into use. The council is set to scrap a 50% tax discount which ...

Empty homes 'paid for by Ministry of Defence' - 13th December 2007
Property News - London,England,UK
The Ministry of Defence (mod) is renting more than 8000 empty homes at taxpayers' expense, a BBC investigation has found. The BBC study has revealed that ...

Empty homes thought to affect property prices - 13th December 2007
Your Mortgage - London,UK
House prices are 17% lower in areas of England with the highest proportion of empty homes, according to Halifax. The lender's most recent survey of empty ...

Empty homes take toll on property prices - 12th December 2007
AboutProperty.co.uk - London,UK
Living in the vicinity of an empty property can take a financial and psychological toll on UK homeowners, according to new research. ...

mod 'pays for 8000 empty homes' - 12th December 2007
BBC News - UK
Figures show 20% of married quarters are empty, but cost taxpayers £28.78ma year in rent paid to a housing company. The mod rents another 1884 properties ...

House Prices Slow...But Don't Panic - 11 December 2008
Daily Express
...Although the property boom is slowly grinding to a halt, the modest increase may yet be a sign that it’s not all doom and gloom.

Leeds is top council for tackling empty homes - 11th December 2007
24dash - Hereford,UK
Leeds City Council remains at the forefront of efforts to bring the country's estimated 700000 empty homes back to use. Through a combination of enforcement ...

One in 4 Brits ''affected by empty homes'' – property development ... - 11th December 2007 Mortgages for Business - London,UK
A quarter of Britons have lived in a street with an empty property, according to a new survey. Research conducted by the Halifax found that many of those ...

Town to give input on shop - 11th December 2007
This is Wiltshire.co.uk - Swindon,England,UK
By Gordon Simpson PEOPLE in Malmesbury are being asked what kind of shop they would like to see open in an empty property in the town. ...

Is the city's flats market at saturation point? - 11th December 2007
Liverpool Daily Post - Liverpool,UK
Liverpool has seen increasing numbers of empty properties purchased as "buy to leave" while waiting lists and homelessness have increased. ...

One in four affected by empty homes - 11th December 2007
Property News - London,England,UK
More than a quarter of Britons have experienced the problem of empty homes first hand, research has shown. A survey from mortgage lender the Halifax ...

More to be done for empty homes, says Halifax - 11th December 2007
Mortgage Introducer - London,England,UK
One in four are affected by empty homes according to Halifax, prompting the lender to call for further governmental action. Halifax has called for the ...

One in Four Affected by Empty Homes - 10th December 2007
PR Newswire UK (press release) - London,UK
Those who have experienced living near an empty home claim the presence of the empty home has had a negative impact on the value of property (22%) and their ...

Nothing happening to empty homes - 10th December 2007
Moneyextra.com - UK
To mark the start of Empty Homes Action week, Halifax has carried out some research into how the uk's properties that lie vacant are affecting the moods and ...

FIRSTRUNG, FIRST TIME BUYERS, THE WEEK IN FOCUS - 9th December 2007
Firstrung - London,UK
This is the fourth annual Halifax survey of Empty Homes in England. The Empty Homes National Week of Action runs from December 3rd to 7th 2007. ...

Country still plagued by 300000 empty homes - 8th December 2007
Property Industry News - London,England,UK
There were 288763 empty private homes in England in April 2006, according to new research published this week by Halifax. The study has found that many ...

The streets of shame - 8th December 2007
GazetteLive - Middlesbrough,UK
There are an estimated 700000 empty homes in England, which could be brought into use. There are nearly 2000 in Stockton. In 2006/07, 508 households were ...

Thousands need a home, so why are these empty? - 8th December 2007
Peterborough Evening Telegraph - Peterborough,England,UK
The city council offers owners a range of options – including an empty property grant of up to £20000 for any works needed to bring the property back up to ...

West Norfolk empty homes shock
Lynn News - King's Lynn,England,UK
By Louise Brain SHOCKING new figures reveal there are 25 empty homes for every homeless family in the most dire need, in West Norfolk. ...

NEARLY 290000 EMPTY HOMES IN ENGLAND - HALIFAX 04/12/2007
Firstrung - London,UK
This is the fourth annual Halifax survey of Empty Homes in England. The Empty Homes National Week of Action runs from December 3rd to 7th 2007. ...

Empty homes 'still a problem' - 7th December 2007
The Mortgage Provider Online - Tring,England,UK
One factor that is often overlooked when discussing the uk's housing shortage is the number of homes standing unused around the country, and the Empty Homes ...

Delight as the council acts on abandoned eyesore - 7th December 2007
Woking News and Mail - Woking,England,UK
Ian Jameson (second right), wife Jan and neighbours in Orchard Drive are delighted that the empty property is being sorted out. NEIGHBOURS have described a ...

Plan to renovate Harlow's empty homes - 7th December 2007
Herts 24 - United Kingdom
A JOINT project between five local authorities and two housing associations will help renovate empty council homes in Harlow. The Place project is organised ...

'Report empty homes' call - 5th December 2007
Blackburn Citizen - UK
As part of National Week of Action on Empty Homes, Blackburn with Darwen Council is asking homeowners to contact the authority. It is hoped the homes can ...

Disused properties: No more empty promises - 5th December 2007
Independent - London,England,UK
Wherever you live, you've probably looked at similar unloved homes the same way. There are currently 663000 wasted empty homes in England, according to the ...

Empty homes initiative - 4th December 2007
Gloucestershire Gazette - Dursley,England,UK
By Liza-Jane Gillespie THE district council is looking for empty homes so they can be brought back into use. As part of the Empty Homes National Week of ...

Housing shortage is growing concern for Brits - 4th December 2007
AboutProperty.co.uk - London,UK
This week is National Empty Homes Week of Action (3rd- 7th December), which seeks to bring empty homes back into use as method of addressing shortages. ...

Empty homes 'still an issue' 4th December 2007
Property News - London,England,UK
A new study from Halifax has revealed that the number of empty homes in England fell by 290000 between 2003 and 2006, though some areas have seen numbers ...

Nearly 300000 empty houses in England - 3rd December 2007
AboutProperty.co.uk - London,UK
Some 15 local authorities have what Halifax defines as 'high' levels of housing stock sitting empty (with more than three per cent of property not occupied) ...

BIG REVAMP - 3rd December 2007
Grimsby Evening Telegraph - Grimsby,England,UK
In one street, 26 per cent of homes were empty at the time of the survey - more than 30 per cent of North East Lincolnshire's empty homes are in the East ...

Nearly 290000 empty homes in England - 1st December 2007
Easier (press release) - Chester,UK
To coincide with the Empty Homes National Week of Action (3rd to 7th December), new Halifax research shows that there were 288763 empty private homes in ...

Empty houses outstrip new-homes targets - 1st December 2007
This is Money - UK
The number of homes empty for longer than six months far outstrips the Government's revised housebuilding targets of 240000 new properties per year. ...