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Councils 'in talks' with RICS over alternative to EUV-SH valuation method
CIPFA suggests ditching mainstream valuation formula in favour of 'more stable' method read more
PWLB set to offer bridging loans
The Public Works Loan Board is to offer local authorities one-year bridging loans in order to enable them to access the bond markets in an orderly manner when their ... read more
Shapps' cutbacks begin with council new-build and Kickstart schemes on the block
DCLG blames the move, which affects £450m of schemes, on funding shortfall for Labour's housing pledge read more
Councils' Finances
What would abolition of the Housing Revenue Account mean for each council? read more
Councils' bond market 'could still take off'
The local authority bond market is set to take off despite recently-increased competition from the Public Works Loan Board, according to one funding expert read more
Council Self-Financing
Which local authorities are set to be the biggest borrowers in the new regime? read more
Councils generate £90m through stock sales
Local authorities have sold at least 446 units of social housing in the past 15 months, making over £90 million from the sales read more
Council gives RSL cheap funding boost by passing on prudential borrowing draw-downs
A Scottish housing association has secured development funding through a pioneering borrowing deal with its parent local authority which could be replicated by RSLs across ... read more
Councils' asset management consultation offers scope to liberate capital receipts
Councils' sales proceeds could be used for affordable housing or regenerateion, or to re-pay debt, introducing tension between delivery and finance read more
Councils set to create private borrowing market
Some £19 billion of funding is set to change hands on 30 April 2012, when local authorities' new self-financing system comes into being read more
Council New-Build
Full data on the HCA's housing grants to local authorities read more
HRA repairs 'under-resourced'
Local authorities are receiving just over two-thirds of the level of Housing Revenue Account major repairs funding that they need, according to a paper by a group of housing ... read more
