Examples of repurchase

• A good part of the decline in dividends comes from a decrease in the dividend payout ratio, an increase in retained earnings, and share repurchases.

• If a former council tenant has a mortgage from the local authority and is in default, the authority may repurchase the dwelling by agreement.

• Information on the repurchase of ex-council houses sold under the right-to-buy scheme is not available.

• We have concluded that the complexities of covenants and repairing obligations make repurchase the only practicable form of assistance for owners of flats.

• As has rightly been said, pre-emption is no safeguard if houses are to be sold at a discount and repurchased at open market value.

• We have given broad guidance in circulars to authorities on the kind of circumstances in which they might offer repurchase on hardship grounds.

• Over the next few months, tenants will be rehoused and the corporation will repurchase the owner-occupied properties in the blocks.

• As a result, the owner-occupier would not be able to claim for a repurchase loan rather than reinstatement.