Video: Help to Buy scheme right thing, says RICS
The governor of the Bank of England, Sir Mervyn King, has expressed concern about the government's Help to Buy plan to revive the housing market.
BBC - Posted 19/05/2013

Right-to-buy scheme for council houses 'reinvigorated' say ministers
Ministers say the right-to-buy scheme has been "reinvigorated" after a sharp increase in the number of council house tenants buying their homes.
BBC - Posted 17/05/2013

Right to Buy sales double in a year as sales near £400m
The number of homes purchased under the Right to Buy scheme between April 2012 and April 2013 more than doubled on the previous 12 months, totalling 5,942.
24 Dash - Posted 16/05/2013

Right to buy replacements lag behind sales
Sales of council homes through the right to buy have snowballed since the government increased discounts last year, but the construction of replacement properties is lagging behind.
Inside Housing - Posted 16/05/2013

Aspiring tenants behind Right to Buy surge
This Government is determined to help more people buy their own home.
Mark Prisk's blog - Posted 16/05/2013

Aspiring tenants behind Right to Buy surge
The numbers of tenants taking up the Right to Buy their council home has more than doubled.
GOV.UK - Posted 16/05/2013

Could Help to Buy offer Generation Rent motivation and hope?
Only two in five (42%) ‘trapped renters’ – tenants who would like to buy but can’t afford to – are currently actively saving for a deposit to get them onto the housing ladder. And of the 58% that haven’t yet started saving, two in five (41%) haven’t even set a date to start. Rightmove’s latest survey highlights some of the challenges facing Generation Rent in their bid to graduate from ‘tenant’ to ‘first-time buyer’.
Rightmoveblog - Posted 13/05/2013

Landlord mulls part-buy offer
A London housing association is in negotiations with major mortgage lenders to fund a scheme that would give some tenants a right to buy a stake in their own home.
Inside Housing - Posted 10/05/2013

‘Bribe to buy’ blast in Leeds homes crisis
Leeds’s housing boss says council tenants’ right to buy their homes is more a “bribe” to buy - and should be scrapped.
Yorkshire Evening Post - Posted 22/04/2013

Scottish Government 'must end right to buy'
Reform of the right to buy in Scotland could be derailed by the independence referendum, according to housing organisations.
Inside Housing - Posted 17/04/2013