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Posts Tagged ‘Department for Communities and Local Government’

DCLG: House prices rise 1.2% in March

May 17th, 2011 | Author: Kay Murchie

Official data from the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) today revealed UK house prices rose by 1.2% in March compared with February. On an annual basis, house prices are 0.9% higher, taking the average UK house price to £205,565. The data from the DCLG is based on mortgage completions figures collected by the [...]

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DCLG: House prices rise 0.3% in February

April 12th, 2011 | Author: Kay Murchie

Official data from the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) today revealed UK house prices rose by 0.3% in February compared with January, with the average UK home costing £204,164. On an annual basis, house prices rose 0.7% – beating expectations for a 0.1% rise. The data from the DCLG is based on mortgage [...]

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DCLG: House prices fall 1.4% in January

March 15th, 2011 | Author: Kay Murchie

Official data from the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) today revealed UK house prices fell by 1.4% in January compared with December, with the average UK home costing £208,552. On an annual basis, house prices are now 0.5% lower – compared with 3.8% in December – the eighth month in a row in [...]

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Report warnings of housing shortage

March 14th, 2011 | Author: Kay Murchie

A report by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has established that England could face a massive housing shortage by 2025. The think tank concludes that there is likely to be a shortfall of 750,000 homes by 2025 with the areas worst hit including London, the South East of England, the East, and Yorkshire [...]

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Garden grabbing planning reforms overdue

August 9th, 2010 | Author: Gill Montia

The Department for Communities and Local Government is claiming that new figures justify concerns over the number of gardens “grabbed” for development in the last 12 years. According to Decentralisation Minister, Greg Clark, the percentage of new homes built on previously residential land, which includes back gardens, has increased to 25%, up 14% since 1997, [...]

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