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. ...