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NewsOver half of firms expect more disputes after covid, Gleeds warns
But report also finds surge in optimism for more work in the coming months
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CommentInterpreting today’s house building data
It’s easy to see a turning point in housebuilding if you look at the figures, but they still point to some major issues in the industry
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CommentShapps needs to bring out the big guns
If the housing minister is to deliver the ‘gold standard’ number of new homes a year he’ll need to ask the Bank of England for help
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CommentDo the house building figures really show recovery? Well not really
Shapps trumpets new housing starts but numbers are still very flaccid
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CommentAre we condemned to low levels of house building?
Housebuilders have rebased their businesses to build fewer homes - are they right to suspect a low housebuilding future?
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CommentEngland sees 102,830 new homes built in 2010 – we built more in 1875
In some parts of the country rates of housebuilding has fallen by more than half
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118 000 a number to remember – 240 000 a number best forgotten
118,000: The number of new homes that were completed in England in 2009, according to the latest official data.240,000: The number of new homes to be created annually in England from 2016, according to the targets set when Yvette Cooper, Minister for Housing and Planning at the time, announced the ...
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House building figures show huge jump in starts and completions
There were two big boosts in the numbers released today for house builders.First, the latest Government data on homes built in England are by far the best for more than a year with a massive leap in the quarter to June.Second, gross mortgage lending in July was up 26% on ...