More HAs borrowing at cheaper rates but proportion paying at least 5 per cent grows
The downward trend in the sector's cost-of-funds picked up speed in 2011/12 as the average interest paid on the total debt in our analysis dropped 11 basis points (bps)... read more
Analysis of sector's professional service providers
Introduction to our special report looking at auditors, lawyers and listed firms providing services to the housing association sector read more
Chief executives' pay growth ticks up for first time since the credit crunch
Chief executives of UK housing associations are seeing the first signs of recovery in their pay packets since the financial crisis with an average increase of 3.5 per cent read more
Stock transfer data show barriers rising as completed deals and units dwindle
The 2011/12 stock transfer market in Britain has halved in terms of the number of units leaving local authority ownership and the number of deals being done read more
Global Accounts
Financial profiles of the English, Scottish and Welsh housing association sectors read more
Sector reliance on asset sales is hard to pin down but appears to be growing
This report looks at the sector's reliance on asset salesand the contributions of shared ownership and build-for-sale to registered provider (RP) net surpluses read more
Inflation obscures sector's direction but financial security remains strong
Higher inflation may have masked a slowdown for the UK housing association sector in 2011/12 read more
Starts and completions plunge: is AHP on track to meet official forecasts?
Data from the Homes and Communities Agency for 2011/12 show a 67 per cent fall in starts and a 13 per cent drop in completions read more
Management Costs
How do landlords' management costs vary between providers read more
Pensions Gain
Which housing associations benefited from the one-off change to pensions read more
Capital commitments fall for a second year with another drop likely next year
Capital commitments across the UK housing association sector have fallen for a second consecutive year read more
Staffing falls for first time, cull of lower paid
The number of full-time staff or full-time equivalents in the housing association sector has fallen for the first time in at least 12 years - possibly for the first time in... read more
£1.7 billion in AHP allocations but do the statistics tell the whole story?
The total grant funding for England's Affordable Homes Programme (AHP) reached £1.7 billion by the end of June 2012 read more
Pension Deficits
How did landlords' non-SHPS pension funds perform in 2010/11 read more
Cost Of Funds
A detailed look at what landlords' borrowings cost them in 2010/11 read more
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