Associations enjoy dip in interest rates

Eurozone crisis drives up loan price

The price of bank loans to the social housing sector has shot up on the back of the deepening eurozone economic crisis.

Counting the cost

End of the line for long-term lending

Long-term lending to the social housing sector has been consigned to history because the last major banks to provide loans of up to 25 years will no longer do so without regular repricing opportunities.

Economic pressures mount for housing associations

Housing providers are increasingly concerned that different economic problems will combine to damage their businesses.

Forward thinking

This year’s UK Housing Review by the Chartered Institute of Housing takes a look at how coalition government policies are affecting housing trends. Here, Hal Pawson, Steve Wilcox and John Perry give the lowdown on the report

What’s in a name?

The housing strategy for England has finally arrived, but what does it mean for the sector?

Doing it themselves

Help is at hand for low-income tenants keen to follow the Highland tradition of self-building. Clare Harris reports

Default hurdles creep up

Lenders are adding to areas which trigger a loan default, says Louise Leaver, partner, head of finance, at Winckworth Sherwood

What’s in the post?

Landlords’ administrative errors can lead to time-consuming court cases, says Jane Plant, associate at Weightmans

Solving the land puzzle

If organisations share buildings the leftover sites can be pieced together for development, says Alan Stokes