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Comment
US are repossessing more homes per head than the UK is building
Now here is a thought. Over the past months, the rate of foreclosures (repossession) per head of population in the US has been running ahead of the rate of new homes built per head of population in the UK.I haven't got the precise figures on UK completions, because they haven't ...
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NewsSecond homes are pushing out locals, says council
Last week the government's planning advisers said there was little evidence that second homes squeezed out first time buyers. The deputy leader of a council in a second-home hotspot gives his view
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NewsThe suburban carbon slashers
It looks like a thirties terrace but it's leading the way in getting rid of almost all carbon emissions
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NewsLaing O'Rourke buys struggling concrete firm
Takeover of pre-cast concrete specialist Bison will safeguard 450 jobs
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NewsHousing associations primed to bail out troubled landlords
Tenant Services Authority makes list of take over partners for bankrupt associations
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NewsDirector behind T5 leaves BAA for Balfour Beatty
Capital projects director Andrew Wolstenholme to head Balfour Beatty's professional and technical services division
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NewsNorthern exposure
Sarah Webb of the Chartered Institute of Housing tells us what the UK and Canadian housing sectors could learn from eachother
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NewsGovernment extends athletes' village funding deadline
Construction expected to be under way before agreement is reached with Lend Lease
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NewsBank of England warns recession is imminent
Governor predicts several years of economic hardship for the UK
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NewsArgent selected for £1bn Birmingham scheme
Redevelopment of Paradise Circus includes the existing City Library
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NewsIndian PM appeals for continued Japanese support
Singh urges investors to maintain faith in Indian financial system and commitment to enterprise
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NewsBRE to build hemp house at Innovation Park
A 'natural house' built by the Prince's Foundation will also feature at BRE's Insite 09 event
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BDP still operating at loss despite booming revenue
Turnover up 18% but architect's operating loss deepens on back of rising staff costs
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NewsAsbestos deaths 4,000 a year and rising, warns HSE
Footballer Ian Wright helps launch campaign to raise awareness of continuing dangers
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NewsCouncils urged to build more toilets
MPs demand local authorities remedy dire lack of public facilities
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NewsUS workers fail to grasp safety training
Study shows workers endangered by failure to understand terminology
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NewsBREEAM International manager quits for Olympics
Surgenor to fill sustainability position for 2012
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APC Trainer on.... research methodologies and techniques (T076)
You could use all kinds of projects to show you’ve got a grip of this competence
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NewsLow cost eco-housing on show at Interbuild
Birmingham exhibition to showcase offsite affordable housing which costs £60,000 per unit as well as timber-framed Code Level 5 house
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Comment
OFT must act to stop suicidal bidding in the face of recession
If Mervyn King says we are about to head into recession, frankly it's pretty much a done deal.No matter how much the Government says it wants to protect construction, in reality there is only so much it can do. The industry is heading for recession, if it is not already ...