Real-terms drop in staff pay in 2010/11
Levels of staff pay remained static in 2010/11, despite high levels of inflation throughout the period read more
Places For People raises £40 million through launch of 10-year, RPI-linked retail bond
Product pays 1 per cent gross semi-annually, rated Aa3 by Moody's read more
THFC taps Funding No 3 for £131m
Kate Allen, Social Housing magazine
The Housing Finance Corporation has tapped its Funding No 3 bond issue for a further £131 million, to channel to 10 social landlords. The issue, which was priced at 200 ... read more
Abbeyfield Society chief executive pushes into ranks of highest-paid
The Abbeyfield Society chief executive Paul Allen has become one of the highest-paid bosses in the housing sector, despite running an organisation with just 2,021 bedspaces read more
Moody's awards Radian 'Aa2, stable' rating in advance of £100m own-name bond issue
ALSO: Midland Heart and Hastoe prepare own-name issues read more
In Brief
Rochdale Boroughwide Housing to become a stock transfer; Synergy and Aster consider merger; Tuntum HA chief executive clarifies pay read more
Places For People issues 10-year, RPI-linked retail bond
Kate Allen, Social Housing magazine
Places For People HG has launched a new 10-year bond for retail investors, paying 1 per cent gross semi-annually, and adjusted to the Retail Price Index measure of ... read more
Kerslake promises to battle the banks in order to deliver post-2015 funding settlement
Key themes for beyond 2015: institutional investment, unlocking latent capital in existing assets, and profit-making developers read more
THFC funds 10 landlords through £131m bond tap
Issue priced at 200bps over the gilt, total all-in cost of 4.948 per cent read more
HCA allocates £43m for 2011-15 AHP
The Homes & Communities Agency allocated £43 million of grant funding for 1,659 units from late December to late January read more
Ratio of chief executives' pay to that of staff comes under scrutiny
Housing association chief executives are on average paid 5.4 times that of their staff, according to research by Social Housing magazine read more
Banks under fire over restrictive use of RPs' lending covenants
Lenders 'seriously constrain' LSVTs' ability to deliver new development schemes read more
Northern Ireland Housing Executive again criticised by auditor over control weakness · 02-11-2011 · Kate Allen, Social Housing magazineGenesis HG: asset sales used to fund interest payments and £21m impairment · 02-11-2011 · Kate Allen, Social Housing magazineTHFC £100m issue offsets rising margin with low gilt · 02-11-2011 · Kate Allen, Social Housing magazine£10bn finance needed to deliver development plans · 06-10-2011 · Kate Allen, Social Housing magazine