L&Q drives down margins with £300m, 115bp issue
London & Quadrant HG has successfully issued a £300 million, 30-year bond at 115 basis points over the gilt, giving an all-in headline coupon of 5.5 per cent read more
Hyde wins Aa2 Moody's rating
Kate Allen, Social Housing magazine
Hyde HA has received an Aa2 rating from credit rating agency Moody's.... read more
MPs' committee calls for closer regulation of treasury advisers' deposit-placing role
Legislation needed to bring activities under Financial Services Authority control read more
Analysis: RSLs' 08/09 impairments top £164m, majority booked by mixed groups
Traditional RSLs take proportionally greater hit, based on per-unit analysis; Welsh and Northern Irish associations relatively clear read more
Costly regulation arrangements could be mitigated through interested parties' fees
A reactive risk-based regime would deliver lower-cost approach to quality assurance read more
Analysis: Margins versus risk
The margins paid by housing associations on recent bond issues appear to display some relationship to relative risk read more
11 RSLs win partial rent cut exemption
The 11 housing associations to receive partial exemptions had raised money through funding vehicle Housing Association Funding plc read more
Right to Buy: 2.5 million units sold over 30 years
More than 2.5 million units of social rented stock have been sold into the private sector through the Right to Buy in the last 30 years read more
Component accounting: Keep it simple in interests of accounts' non-financial users
Sector expects SORP working party to make forthcoming guidance on component accounting implementation practical and flexible read more
Decent Homes programme misses 2010 completion target
The Decent Homes programme has reduced the proportion of non-decent social rented homes from 39 per cent to 7.7 per cent in the past 10 years at a projected total cost of £37... read more
Scotland to set up independent regulator
The Housing (Scotland) Bill will also abolish the Right to Buy for new social tenants, and create a tenants' charter read more
RSL staffing costs continue to rise rapidly
Staff costs are continuing to rise at near-double-digit rates among social landlords, according to an exclusive data report read more
No quick answers to fundamental question of what to build and how to finance it
Despite property market's apparent return to normality, longer-term prospects remain uncertain as RSLs seek new development funding models read more
Demand shortfall as RSLs under-cut by private sector · 05-11-2009 · Kate Allen, Social Housing magazineCircle Anglia seeks German returns to substitute for development cross-subsidy · 05-11-2009 · Kate Allen, Social Housing magazineAnchor loses £13m after £12m impairment and £3m re-structure and closure expenses · 05-11-2009 · Kate Allen, Social Housing magazine
