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At the Building Societies Association (BSA) annual conference in London today, Chief Executive, Robin Fieth, will call on political party leaders to make housing reform a priority for the next Government. Specifically raising the critical need to: Build more homes across all tenures – 300,000 new homes a year are needed Recognise shared ownership as a …
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The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has set out plans for a £250,000 boost to set up the first-ever one-stop shop to help Londoners build their own genuinely affordable homes in the capital. The Homes for Londoners Community Housing Hub will offer support to Londoners and community groups who want to build homes in the …
According to the ONS -Housing affordability in England and Wales: 1997 to 2016 report, on average, working people could expect to pay around 7.6 times their annual earnings on purchasing a home in England and Wales in 2016, up from 3.6 times earnings in 1997. The median price paid for residential property in England and …
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The London Borough of Bexley has granted planning permission for the new homes on four sites on the doorstep of the new Elizabeth line station at Abbey Wood. This marks the first substantial development in Thamesmead since Peabody acquired land there in 2014 and represents one of the largest residential developments to be given the …
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London mayor Sadiq Khan has released the first details of his plans to set up a powerful ‘Homes for Londoners’ team at City Hall to oversee homebuilding in the capital and boost the delivery of new and affordable homes. The Mayor of London has begun work to pull together and bolster housing and development capacity …
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