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Finance
Loan danger
22 October 2023
The banks have promised to act responsibly to ease our way out of the housing crisis, but first-time buyers are being offered loans that could push them to the brink of disaster. Report by Tom Marshall and Bill Rashleigh
Limiting possessions?
04 September 2023
Lenders are increasingly supporting borrowers in arrears. But will this continue once the housing market picks up and interest rates rise? ask Janet Ford and Alison Wallace.
Boom to bust
28 August 2023
Milton Keynes was once a magnet for ‘new economy’ businesses. During the past 40 years, the town has quadrupled in size, but the companies that fuelled the expansion are pulling out. Report by Tony Marshall.
On the edge
01 January 2024
What lies beneath
24 July 2023
Housing associations’ global accounts may look rosy, but analysis reveals some worrying trends. By David Montague
Hidden truth
12 May 2023
Why prudential?
01 May 2023
Carmarthenshire has rejected arm’s length management, PFI and transfer in favour of prudential borrowing to improve its stock. Robin Staines explains how it works
Will new HomeBuy work?
01 May 2023
The political impact of a pledge to create a million more homeowners is big. But the small print reveals Labour’s proposals are actually rather modest. Julian Birch reports
Identifying threats
01 March 2024
ROOF’s survey shows rising building and maintenance costs are still the number one concern, but housing benefit reform is looming as a problem
More for less
01 March 2024
A ROOF survey finds housing association finance directors sceptical about government plans to boost affordable and social housing. Report by Emma Hawkey and Julian Birch
The 60,000 pound question
01 January 2024
Housebuilders have come in for some scathing criticism from deputy prime minister John Prescott. Julian Birch reports on the battle over building costs
Is less more?
01 September 2023
A 50 per cent increase in new social rented homes looks like good news by any definition. But it depends on some worryingly vague promises on efficiency savings and the PFI. Julian Birch reports
Risky business
01 March 2024
Falling income and rising costs will put housing associations and their most vulnerable customers at risk, according to ROOF's annual survey of finance directors. By Emma Hawkey and Julian Birch
The house doctors
01 January 2024
It's amazing what a coat of paint can do. Chris Wood and William Grosvenor explain how to make a little private sector renewal money go a long way
Building blockage
01 March 2024
Rising building costs and maintenance costs are the biggest risk area for housing associations say finance chiefs
