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Home owners could save hundreds of pounds thanks to a new online service that sends out a quick and simple tip by email each week. From how to re-wire a plug, prepare your radiators for winter, or clean your jewellery properly, Practicalendar provides free advice and guidance about simple household tasks.
Housing	Families First - Mar/Apr 2013



Discussing religion and spirituality is often a ‘no-go’ area for professionals and agencies that support homeless people, a new report has found. Over 70% of homeless people questioned described themselves as religious or as having been religious at some stage of their lives. Only five homeless people had ever been asked by a support organisation about their religion, faith or spirituality
Housing	Christianity, August 2012



House prices will rise by nearly 20 per cent over the next five years with the cost of the average home heading for £200,000, research claimed yesterday. Saviils, the estate agency, upgraded its housing market forecast from a rise of 11.5 per cent by the start of 2018 to 18.1 per cent. It predicted that the average home, worth around £162,000 at the beginning of the year, will then be worth £191,631. The research said 'government intervention' partly triggered the upgrade while critics warned that the initiatives, such as Help to Buy schemes, are fuelling a house price boom but doing noth¬ing to help lending to businesses.
Housing	Daily Mail 19.07.13



More than 400 council houses have stood empty for at least 100 days in the past two-and-a-half years – while around 6,500 people are on waiting lists for properties. New figures show the 428 Stoke-on-Trent homes were left empty so maintenance staff could get the properties ready to re-let. And one property, which was empty for 567 days, needed just £350.15 of repairs. The council has not revealed where the 428 houses are, or why the delays were so long.
Housing	The Sentinel, June 11, 2013



Seventy-five people have applied to buy homes for just £1 as part of a pioneering regeneration scheme. The council project aims to transform 35 run-down properties in the Portland Street area of Cobridge. Launched last month, it is the first phase in a £3 million scheme that will see 124 long term empty homes in the Portland Street and Bond Street areas brought back into use.
Housing	The Sentinel, May 17, 2013



More people are clambering on to the housing ladder in the best start to a year for first-time buyers since 2008, figures show. First-timers were given 16,400 loans in February, up on the 15,900 in January and 17 per cent stronger than a year earlier, the Council of Mortgage Lenders said. They now receive 43 per cent of all home loans as lenders unveil innovative deals for them. ‘First-time buyers are continuing to take advantage of more favourable conditions’, said the council’s Paul Smee.
Housing	Metro – 16 April 2013



UK house prices rose to the highest level in almost three years last month, beating forecasts, as low mortgage repayments helped support demand, according to the Halifax. Prices in the three months to April were 2pc higher than in the same period a year earlier, the highest increase since September 2010, according to the latest Halifax House Price index. The average price of a home in the UK is now £166,094….Elsewhere, property website Rightmove reported a "healthy" start to 2013 with site traffic up 20pc over the first four months, compared with last year.
Housing	Daily Telegraph 09.05.2013



Two fifths of homebuyers have made up their minds by the time they reach the hallway, a study has found. Nearly a third, or 29 per cent, of homeowners surveyed by Rightmove in a study of 3,000 people said they had decided to buy a property by the time they had set foot through the door. A further one in 10 said they made a decision after seeing the property online. Miles Shipside, director of Rightmove, said: "In a market where new sellers outnumber successful buyers by around 2:1 and home-buying decisions can be made very quickly, the ability to make an immediate and impactful impression is more important than ever."
Housing	The Daily Telegraph July 25 2012



House prices have ‘stalled’ and they could fall by up to two per cent in the next six months amid the weak economy and the on-going eurozone crisis, a study warned today. The increase in new homes coming on the market has outstripped the number of potential buyers registering with estate agents for the past three months, and the gap is set to widen as the seasonal summer slowdown kicks in, property analyst Hometrack said. Prices remained flat across England and Wales in June month-on-month.
Housing	The Sentinel – 2nd July 2012



More families will lose their homes in Northern Ireland than anywhere else in the UK this year because of the global economic downturn and the international banking fiasco, according to the Bishop of Down and Connor, Noel Treanor. Bishop Treanor also highlighted the need for the next Northern Ireland Assembly to address the fact that the region has the highest levels of childhood poverty across the UK.
Housing	The Universe April 24 2011



Houses in five Stoke-on-Trent streets are among the seven cheapest in the West Midlands despite Renew North Staffordshire’s pledge to boost property prices.
Housing	The Sentinel - March 30 2011



House prices continued to drop in January, according to a survey, as demand was dampened by fears that an interest rate hike was imminent. A balance of seven per cent of surveyors reported a decline in new buyer inquiries last month, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said, as speculation mounted over whether the Bank of England would opt to lift historically low interest rates from 0.5 per cent. The Bank of England will set interest rates at its monthly meeting this week.
Housing	The Sentinel, February 8, 2011



The UK Supreme Court has ruled that Basildon Council has duty under existing legislation to provide land for families it will make homeless if the clearance of the Travellers site at Dale Farm goes ahead. The Travellers at Dale Farm in Essex have been strongly supported by the Church with former parish priest of Wickford, Fr John Glynn and Bishop Thomas McMahon of Brentwood speaking out on a number of occasions. Alongside the humanitarian concerns, we have to ask if an extremely expensive operation to evict the Travellers is a good use of public money in these straitened time,” said Bishop McMahon. A support structure is being set up for the site, which will include monitors in the event of the council seeking to push ahead with eviction plans.
Housing	The Universe November 21, 2010



The national pro-life caring and educational charity, Life, has expressed its shock at the recent news that numerous girls under the age of 18 have had multiple abortions. Government data showed that 89 girls, aged 17 or under and who had an abortion last year, had previously had at least two abortions. The Department of Health figures for 2009 show that, for the first time, more than a third (34 per cent) of abortions were performed on women who had already ended one or more pregnancies. Across all ages, more than 1,000 women or girls were on at least their fifth abortion, including 214 on their sixth, 70 on their seventh and 48 who procured an abortion for at least the eighth time.
Housing	The Universe – June 20th 2010



House prices continues to edge up in May as the number of homes on the market soared following the Government’s decision to abolish home information packs, research showed yesterday. Nationally around 22 per cent more surveyors reported a rise in the cost of property than those who saw a fall during the month, up from 17 per cent in April, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. But surveyors are still reporting modest price falls in Wales, Yorkshire and Humberside, and the West Midlands.
Housing	The Sentinel, Tuesday June 15, 2010

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