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<h2><a href="../../features/loan_danger">Loan danger</a></h2>
<p class="feature_date">22 October 2023</p>
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<p>The banks have promised to act responsibly to ease our way out of the housing crisis, but first-time buyers are being offered loans that could push them to the brink of disaster. Report by Tom Marshall and Bill Rashleigh
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<p class="feature_date">04 September 2023</p>
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<p>Lenders are increasingly supporting borrowers in arrears. But will this continue once the housing market picks up and interest rates rise? ask Janet Ford and Alison Wallace.
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<p class="feature_date">28 August 2023</p>
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<p>Milton Keynes was once a magnet for ‘new economy’ businesses. During the past 40 years, the town has quadrupled in size, but the companies that fuelled the expansion are pulling out. Report by Tony Marshall.
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<p class="feature_date">01 January 2024</p>
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The perfect storm? How bad will things really get for housing associations? Julian Birch reports.
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<p class="feature_date">24 July 2023</p>
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<p>Housing associations’ global accounts may look rosy, but analysis reveals some worrying trends. By David Montague</p>
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<p class="feature_date">12 May 2023</p>
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Far more homeowners are struggling to stave off repossession than lenders admit. Tony Marshall reports
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<p>Carmarthenshire has rejected arm’s length management, PFI and transfer in favour of prudential borrowing to improve its stock. Robin Staines explains how it works </p>
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<p>The political impact of a pledge to create a million more homeowners is big. But the small print reveals Labour’s proposals are actually rather modest. Julian Birch reports </p>
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<p>ROOF’s survey shows rising building and maintenance costs are still the number one concern, but housing benefit reform is looming as a problem</p>
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<p>A ROOF survey finds housing association finance directors sceptical about government plans to boost affordable and social housing. Report by Emma Hawkey and Julian Birch</p>
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<p>A 50 per cent increase in new social rented homes looks like good news by any definition. But it depends on some worryingly vague promises on efficiency savings and the PFI. Julian Birch reports </p>
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<p>Falling income and rising costs will put housing associations and their most vulnerable customers at risk, according to ROOF's annual survey of finance directors. By Emma Hawkey and Julian Birch </p>
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<p class="feature_date">01 January 2024</p>
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<p>It's amazing what a coat of paint can do. Chris Wood and William Grosvenor explain how to make a little private sector renewal money go a long way </p>
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<p class="feature_date">01 March 2024</p>
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<p>Rising building costs and maintenance costs are the biggest risk area for housing associations say finance chiefs </p>
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