FINANCE & LEGAL

Watmos Community Homes will drive forward plans to upgrade more than 1,000 homes by 2024, after securing funding from NatWest.

Government and mortgage lenders have backed changes to EWS1 form rules after research finds an absence of “systemic risk of fire” in smaller tower blocks.

The placement will be used to help deliver Southway’s 1,600-home development plan, reduce its overall cost of debt, and help meet its net-zero commitments.

Ward Hadaway has been working with Durham Villages Regeneration Company to provide legal advice on all site acquisitions and plot sales since its formation.

Sovereign has launched a new £10k partnership with Pocket Power to support those of its customers struggling with fuel poverty.

Salford Council is expected to give the green light on an official application for its development company, Derive, to become an RSL.

The Welsh government is to introduce a £10m grant to help people in private-rented accommodation who are struggling to pay their rent due to the pandemic.

A Riverside tenant who unlawfully sub-let her social housing property has been ordered to pay more than £155,000 in one of the largest cases of its kind.

Analysis from Warwick Estates shows that, while the price of new-builds has risen by an average of 29%, some areas have seen an increase of over 100%.

Stonewater’s Sustainable Finance Framework and Second-Party Opinion set out the housing provider’s plans for all homes to be at least EPC C by 2030.