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							<p class="blog_date">19/04/2023</p>
							<p class="blog_author"><strong>Posted by:</strong><br/>Julian Birch</p>
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								<p><a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/tm_method=full%26objectid=18931513%26siteid=89520-name_page.html" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker(’/external/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/tm_method=full%26objectid=18931513%26siteid=89520-name_page.html’);"><strong>The Mirror</strong></a> reports on the scandal of <strong>&rsquo;buy to leave&rsquo;</strong> &ndash; rented property left empty by speculators &ndash; and quotes Yvette Cooper calling for action by local authorities.</p>
 <p>Lenders are withdrawing their <strong>fixed rate mortgages</strong> ahead of an expected rate rise, reports the <a href="http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2061918,00.html" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker(’/external/http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2061918,00.html’);"><strong>Guardian</strong></a>. Is a property crash on the way?</p>
 <p>Leading housebuilder <strong>Taylor Woodrow</strong> has been forced to hand back its affordable housing allocation from the Housing Corporation, reports <a href="http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/article/?id=1448922" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker(’/external/http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/article/?id=1448922’);"><strong>Inside Housing</strong></a>.</p>
 <p>Many councils have vastly underestimated the amount of refurbishment work required to meet the 2010 decent homes target, reports <a href="http://http//www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/article/?id=1448917" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker(’/external/http://http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/article/?id=1448917’);" target="_blank"><strong>Inside Housing</strong></a>.</p>
 <p><a href="http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/article/?id=1448923" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker(’/external/http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/article/?id=1448923’);"><strong>Inside Housing</strong></a> also reports on <strong>Tony Blair</strong>&rsquo;s legacy for social housing &ndash; it will make better reading for the prime minister than much of his recent press &ndash; and <a href="http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/article/?id=1448920" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker(’/external/http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/article/?id=1448920’);"><strong>priorities</strong></a> for his successor.</p>
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