The great ecotown land grab
guardian.co.uk - UK
Gordon adds that "there are at least 600000 empty homes in England", while "9% of commercial property in Britain is empty". The sums are tricky. ...

Council sparks property sales to raise cash
Shields Gazette - South Shields,England,UK
West Park Lodge has been empty for about two years, and has been a regular target for vandals. Councillors in the ward have been pushing for the building to ...

How can 6500 homes be built?
BBC News - UK
There will also be a recommendation for more empty homes to be used. Q: What will the assembly government do to support the changes?

Empty homes plan backed
nebusiness.co.uk - UK
But Sarah Fawcett, head of property and development at Housing Hartlepool, said many associations would struggle to find funding. ...

Daughter forced apart from parents in housing Catch-22

Reading Chronicle - Reading,Berkshire,UK

“Developers and Registered Social Landlords built 4550 homes in Reading from 2001-2007, 42% of which were affordable. “He’s wrong about empty homes too. ...



Greens call for energy boost to empty homes

Yourcanterbury.co.uk - Canterbury,Kent,UK

There are currently about 25000 empty properties of all types across the county. These include 1922 unused homes in Ashford, 1395 in Canterbury, ...

Daughter forced apart from parents in housing Catch-22
Reading Chronicle - Reading,Berkshire,UK
“Developers and Registered Social Landlords built 4550 homes in Reading from 2001-2007, 42% of which were affordable. “He’s wrong about empty homes too. ...

Greens call for energy boost to empty homes
Yourcanterbury.co.uk - Canterbury,Kent,UK
There are currently about 25000 empty properties of all types across the county. These include 1922 unused homes in Ashford, 1395 in Canterbury, ...

Focus on property in Leeds
Times Online - UK
Unless you want an flat - more than 1000 are said to lie empty - there is little choice of property in Leeds city centre. Traffic is always heavy on ...

How Tees estate agents are boosting the property market
GazetteLive - Middlesbrough,UK
Building activity may now be slowing down but the availability of new builds has led to properties standing empty and producing no rental yield for owners. ...

South Gloucestershire Council is taking action to tackle the issue ...
24dash - Hereford,UK
The council has just launched a new Empty Homes Strategy which proposes a series of measures to bring empty properties back into use. Empty homes can blight ...

Plight to fill empty shops
Maidenhead Advertiser - Maidenhead,England,UK
And with empty plots blighting the landscape the Royal Borough has now taken the unprecedented step of mailing all vacant property owners the contact ...

1.17m Number of property transactions in England and Wales in 2007 ...
guardian.co.uk - UK
You can also find out who owns empty properties that way. Register with websites such as upmystreet.com, where you can find useful local information such as ...

Building your own home
guardian.co.uk - UK
If you're struggling to find an empty plot, an alternative is to buy a wreck of a property, demolish it and start again with your dream home from scratch. ...

Britain's social housing industry suggests £1bn spree on empty stock
Times Online - UK
The funds would be used to buy tens of thousands of mostly inner-city flats and family homes at a heavy discount from beleaguered housebuilders. ...

Smith's Wood is 'playground for criminals'
ic Solihull.co.uk - Solihull,UK
EMPTY homes in Smith's Wood have become a magnet for anti social behaviour according to the ward's newest councillor. Since he was elected last month, ...

Loughborough Councillor Slams Borough For Abandoning Plans For ...
Loughborough News - Loughborough,England,UK...
is declining and in a buyers' market it is an ideal time for Charnwood to team up with housing associations and buy up empty homes for needy families. ...

CARSBERG REVIEW REPORT – NALS IS THE SOLUTION FOR LETTINGS AND ...
By site admin
Approved and funded by Government, NALS was set up by RICS, NAEA and ARLA together with the Empty Homes Agency as an entry level standard for all lettings and management agents operating in the private rented sector. ...
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The upside of the downturn
guardian.co.uk - UK...
part of the "buy-to-leave-empty" scandal that will never make suitable homes for low income families now the property investors want out of the market. ...

House where Lord Nelson planned Battle of Trafalgar for sale
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom...
the property, and named Victory, Trafalgar and Nelson. Langleigh House later lay empty for many years until it was occupied by squatters in the 1980s. ...

Vacant House 'Tax' Could Boost Derry Coffers
4ni.co.uk - UK
Mr Robinson - who is now NI First Minister - said that he planned to rate empty homes at 100% to encourage their use - as a potential boost for those ...

Council tax
guardian.co.uk - UK
For example, empty unfurnished properties can be exempt for up to six months, while properties that are uninhabitable or being renovated are exempt for up ...

In with the old, out with the new, and whose asking the real ...
With the government push to build new homes, many of which are bound to further eat into this green and pleasant land, I was pleased to read this report by the Empty Homes Agency. Yes, they are partial, but they do demonstrate clearly ...
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Families in a fix as the crunch gets worse
Times Online - UK
Caroline Flint, the Housing Minister, recently announced a £200 million fund to renovate empty homes. But Noble Frances, of the Construction Products ...

Developer's cash to revamp homes
South Wales Argus – Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:20
Words matched: empty houses, empty homes, empty propertiesDeveloper's cash to revamp homes TWELVE empty houses in Newport could become homes again thanks to a large cash contribution from a developer ...

squatters
By Iain(Iain)
But equally it seems a scandal that there are so many empty properties in London when there is so much need for housing. As the article says, 'The Empty Homes Agency campaigns to draw attention to the estimated 840000 unused or ...
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Eco homes plan for Otley hospital site
Wharfedale and Airedale Observer - Ilkley,England,UK
"The site has been empty for several years and it was starting to get vandalised. The best way to deal with that is to get people living on it. ...

High earning families to lose council houses
The Mirror and 2 other sources – Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:23
The NLGN says there should be tougher action on the 600,000 empty homes in England and Wales. Councils should have the right to take over a...

Turn The Hospital Into The Clinic
LoughboroughEcho.net - Loughborough,UK
Shut off, lifeless, just another empty building in an already struggling part of town. But with little interest shown from other parties, what should occupy ...

Turn The Hospital Into The Clinic
LoughboroughEcho.net - Loughborough,UK
Shut off, lifeless, just another empty building in an already struggling part of town. But with little interest shown from other parties, what should occupy ...

Kate Gordon: Eco-towns must support the character of the countryside
Yorkshire Post - Leeds,England,UK
... should consider other ways to meet housing needs, such as bringing back into use empty property and redeveloping or extending existing urban areas. ...

Empty home is full of rodents and flies
Portsmouth News - Portsmouth,England,UK
By Elise Brewerton The owner of a run-down house faces a £40-a-day fine unless she spruces up her property. Neighbours living near the semi-detached ...

RESTAURANTS LINED UP FOR SLICE OF CITY PROPERTY
Express & Echo - Exeter,England,UK
John Kinsey, who represents commercial property firm King Sturge, said there was strong interest in the site, which has lain empty since Exeter Crown Court ...

Brown the builder
guardian.co.uk - UK
There are thousands of new build apartments ("flats" is an old fashioned word) lying empty in cities around the UK. The ones that do sell, often at auction, ...

Over 2500 empty homes
The Star - Sheffield,England,UK
By Ray Parkin MORE than 2500 privately-owned homes in Rotherham are standing empty, according to a new survey. The survey, carried out by Rotherham Council, ...

Panorama got it wrong, says Accord Lets
Birmingham Post - Birmingham,West Midlands,UK
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Housing grants boost for most needy tenants
Dorset Echo - Dorchester,England,UK
If they let to tenants on the council's housing register, they could be rewarded with an Empty Homes Grant of up to £10000. Cllr Paul Johns, the council's ...

Clean up this mess
Wigan Today - Wigan,England,UK
... Association has received several complaints from disgruntled Viscount Road residents who are fed up with the mess surrounding an empty property. ...

£2 SQATTERS GUIDE HAS TIPS ON BURGLARY
Daily Star - London,UK
Home-owners who try to remove squatters should be told: “You may receive a sentence of up to six months’ imprisonment and/ or a fine of up to £5000. ...

Surprise at empty homes at £3m Blackburn project
Lancashire Telegraph - Blackburn,England,UK
By Tom Moseley A PROJECT manager of a £3million Blackburn housing estate which has failed to sell has admitted he is "surprised" it is still empty. ...