http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog en renata_watson@shelter.org.uk Copyright 2010 2010-03-30T10:18:45+00:00 http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/mortgage_approvals_fall_for_third_consecutive_month/ http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/mortgage_approvals_fall_for_third_consecutive_month/#When:10:18:45Z The number of mortgages approved for house purchase fell for the third month in a row during February as the housing market continued to show signs of slowing down, 2010-03-30T10:18:45+00:00 http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/government_asks_experts_to_offer_boost_for_council_building/ http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/government_asks_experts_to_offer_boost_for_council_building/#When:10:16:06Z Housing Minister John Healey and the Local Government Association (LGA) today announced they are launching joint work… 2010-03-30T10:16:06+00:00 http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/council_tenants_who_sublet_could_face_jail/ http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/council_tenants_who_sublet_could_face_jail/#When:10:05:20Z Thousands of council tenants who make profits by illegally subletting their homes will face tough new measures to be… 2010-03-29T10:05:20+00:00 http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/mortgage_protection_costs_leap_as_jobless_queues_lengthen/ http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/mortgage_protection_costs_leap_as_jobless_queues_lengthen/#When:10:03:17Z Fears that millions of homeowners could soon be paying a heavier price for rising unemployment have been fuelled by the news that more than 20,000 people have, this month, seen… 2010-03-29T10:03:17+00:00 http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/mortgage_help_makes_profit_for_claimants/ http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/mortgage_help_makes_profit_for_claimants/#When:09:59:15Z Millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money will be used to overpay mortgages after the Chancellor extended the Government’s mortgage rescue scheme for another… 2010-03-29T09:59:15+00:00 http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/councils_poised_to_regain_right_to_housing_cash/ http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/councils_poised_to_regain_right_to_housing_cash/#When:12:25:16Z Councils will be allowed to keep their rents and the proceeds from the sale of homes under an overhaul of local authority financing that reverses reforms from the Thatcher era.… 2010-03-26T12:25:16+00:00 http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/rise_in_red_tape_will_choke_landlords_and_push_up_rents/ http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/rise_in_red_tape_will_choke_landlords_and_push_up_rents/#When:12:13:07Z Thousands of tenants, students and buy-to-let investors will be hit by new laws forcing landlords to apply for planning permission if they want to rent… 2010-03-26T12:13:07+00:00 http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/hca_consults_on_proposed_new_core_design_standards/ http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/hca_consults_on_proposed_new_core_design_standards/#When:12:11:57Z A consultation on future core housing design and sustainability standards has been published by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA). It… 2010-03-26T12:11:57+00:00 http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/stamp_duty_boost_for_first-time_home_buyers/ http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/stamp_duty_boost_for_first-time_home_buyers/#When:12:41:28Z Young people trying to get on the property ladder were handed a pre-election boost worth up to £2,500 after the chancellor scrapped stamp duty on homes costing £250,000 or less… 2010-03-25T12:41:28+00:00 http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/housing_benefit_capped_at_pound1100_a_week/ http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/housing_benefit_capped_at_pound1100_a_week/#When:12:37:18Z Hundreds of out-of-work families who have been living in expensive homes at the taxpayers’ expense are facing eviction after changes to housing benefit announced yesterday.… 2010-03-25T12:37:18+00:00