All articles by Brian Green – Page 15
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CommentHouse building recovery stalls and a further fall can’t be ruled out
Housing completions in England are down 12% year-on-year
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Jobs scene a little brighter today, but what does the future hold?
Rate of construction redundancies returns to pre-recession levels.
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CommentInflation: a reason to be cheerful or a cause for concern?
What’s driving the 3.2% inflation rate and does it matter for construction?
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CommentConstruction industry is £1bn smaller as official growth rate is trimmed
Revised output figures for construction have impacted on GDP growth in Q2
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CommentIf the City punters are right brace for a double-digit fall in house prices
Traders are betting on a 6% fall in house prices next year
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CommentBuyers and sellers abandon the housing market
And that’s bad news for house building numbers
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CommentMixed messages and some worries as payment delays in construction grow again
Over last quarter both construction and property sectors have taken longer to pay
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CommentConstruction industry is forecast to face a second double-digit decline
Forecast from Hewes & Associates suggest industry will decline by nearly 6% next year
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Comment10 things to know about construction output
The latest estimates point to a spurt in activity, so what’s really going on?
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CommentConstruction growth continues to roar, but can you hear it?
On the GDP measure, construction grew 9.5% in the second quarter of this year and 4.0% in the latest quarter. Is it real?
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CommentWhy the spending review might prove a turning onto the road to Nirvana for housebuilders
However, the prospects for housing, housing associations and contractors are far less rosy
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CommentIs the CSR the first step to dismantling social housing?
We know funding for housing has been savaged, but how will the money that is available be allocated and what direct effect that will it have on the number of homes built?
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Comment£10 billion less public cash for capital spending in second half of this financial year
New figures on public sector finances suggest that capital spending is already being squeezed
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CommentIt’s official – construction has never had it so good
This sounds too good to be true, and it probably is
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CommentWhat house price falls might mean for future housing construction
The sharp fall in the Halifax house price index serves as a warning for those relying on rising private sector housebuilding for future growth
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CommentIs Eric Pickles responsible for the fall in housing approvals?
Is it a coincidence that since the communities secretary scrapped regional targets the planning data shows a sharp decline in approvals?
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CommentWe may have 53,000 more jobs but it's not all good news
The problem is that the jobs data makes a mockery of the governtment's output statistics
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CommentInfrastructure is 40% bigger than we thought
The latest ONS figures are worrying as they mean we've measured output and got it wrong in a big way
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CommentLatest stats pour cold water on construction growth prospects and house building
Downturn in public sector new orders was expected: the the fall-off in private sector work is scarier
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CommentA double-dip in house prices isn’t really the problem
The fall in transactions is going to hit the housebuilding industry much harder