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Haringey House Prices Fall 1.4%, First Drop Since January
The average Haringey home was worth £633,221 in August, down 1.4% on a year earlier. Flats fell 3.0%, and July's rise has been revised down to 0.3%.
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Haringey Council
Haringey empty council homes: 818 vacant, 301-day relets
Haringey had 818 empty council and temporary homes on 11 September. Standard relets took 301 days on average in March; the new target is 46 days.
Planning
Crouch End YMCA: 174-room rebuild plan, gym would close
YMCA London City and North has applied to demolish 184 Tottenham Lane and build 174 en-suite rooms. The Crouch End Fitness Centre is not in the new building.
Haringey Council
Haringey Council this week: 37 council homes, SEND plan
Haringey approved a builder for 37 social-rent homes at Woodridings Court N22 on 28 September, name and price kept secret. Scrutiny took SEND and adult care.
House Prices
Haringey House Prices Up 1% as Camden Falls 10.1%
The average Haringey home reached £638,690 in July, up 1% as annual growth more than halved. Flats fell 0.4%, and Camden dropped 10.1% next door.
Housing
Muswell Hill Renter Wins £7,885 Back From HMO Landlord
A tribunal ordered a Muswell Hill landlord to repay 90% of a year's rent, £7,884.84, over an unlicensed shared house. How to check your own home and claim.
House Prices
Haringey house prices rose £15,386 as Islington fell 8%
Haringey rose 2.5% to £634,444 while London fell 2.5% and Islington 8.1%. It ranks fifth of 33 boroughs and is the dearest of the 14 that rose.
Housing
Haringey renters' forum: first meeting 2 September
Private renters can put repairs, rent rises and rogue landlords to the council at the first forum, 6pm on 2 September at George Meehan House, Wood Green.