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City Hall approves plan for 1,500 new homes in Poplar after Tower Hamlets moved to block scheme

Deputy mayor Jules Pipe has overturned a decision by Tower Hamlets Council last year to refuse permission for the project

Evening Standard · Jan 26, 2024

Plans to give UK citizens priority for social housing ‘would increase homelessness’

Further rationing of already scarce resources will not fix decades of failures, housing groups tell Sunak

The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2024

London asking rents hit new record high but they are rising at a slower pace in 2024

Rightmove said 2024 is the year when ‘we think there will be a much smaller increase in advertised rents’.

Evening Standard · Jan 26, 2024

Hope fades for cut in interest rates for industrialised nations

US Federal Reserve expected to hold rate, ECB says talks on reductions premature and Bank of England could delay change until summer

The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2024

Reform UK leader accuses Tories of ‘stealing’ social housing policy

Richard Tice says Conservatives trying to copy party’s plan to put foreign nationals at ‘back of queue’ for social homes

The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2024

Home Sales Hit Lowest Level in Nearly 30 Years

Existing home sales fell last year as low inventory, decreased affordability and high interest rates pressured the housing market.

Kiplinger · Jan 25, 2024

Social Media Offers Little Sympathy For Celebrity Neighborhood Overrun By Squatters

“There have been trucks unloading things that we can’t quite identify in the middle of the night" The post Social Media Offers Little Sympathy For Celebrity Neighborhood Overrun By Squatters first appeared on Bored Panda.

Bored Panda · Jan 25, 2024

London home sales have busiest start to year since pre-Covid — Foxtons

Buyers are flooding to take advantage of lower mortgage rates

Evening Standard · Jan 25, 2024

Five of the best books about the UK housing crisis

From costs to quality, housing can make you despair. Our best five books explain the politics behind the problems – and the solutions

The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2024

Walthamstow: Hundreds of asylum seekers told to leave Ibis hotel by tomorrow

Residents have been told their rooms will 'no longer be available' from Friday

Evening Standard · Jan 25, 2024