The Government says councils will be able to seek empty-home management orders after six months, rather than two years, under reforms announced on 27 September.
Orkney Islands Council is offering landlords up to £25,000 per empty home, but borrowers must provide affordable private rents and prioritise essential workers for five years.
Liverpool City Council is offering grants of £5,000 to £20,000 to bring long-term empty homes back into use, with successful owners required to let at…
The cost of bringing Britain’s vacant housing stock back into use has climbed sharply, with new analysis from BuildLoan putting the bill at £34bn –…
Propertymark has called for coordinated action to tackle the UK’s 359,000 long-term empty homes, warning that financial penalties alone will not solve the problem. A…
Bridging loan volumes have surged 95 percent since 2022 as investors target empty and derelict properties that traditional lenders will not finance, according to specialist…
A cross-sector coalition has called on the government to develop a national strategy for bringing empty homes back into use, as the number of long-term…
A grant of up to £25,000 is to be made available to Welsh home-owners to bring their empty properties back into use. The money, to…
