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Halt building site deaths, cries Hain

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OFT examines house-builders

Consumer affairs watchdog the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has begun an investigation into the £20 billion UK house-building industry over concerns that the sector is failing to deliver for consumers. Read
Companies: ART    BDEV    EFD    OKD    PSN    TWOD   

Loners to fuel property boom

Boom times in the property and construction sectors look set to continue, as the number of single-person households in the UK feeds further increases in the number of households in England. Read

Rate-freeze welcomed

An almost tangible sense of relief radiated from the property sector last month, following the Bank of England monetary policy committee’s seven-to-two vote to keep interest rates stable. Read
Companies: CWD    LAND   

Demand hits 12-year peak

Burgeoning domestic demand raised total order books for manufactured goods to their highest levels in a dozen years in February, according to the latest industrial trends survey from the CBI. Read

Lack of consensus

A mixture of caution and blind optimism litters the published thoughts of property market watchers. Read

Infrastructure trumps housing

Construction industry output edged ahead by five per cent to £110 billion in the first half of 2006, notes Altium Securities. Read

UK builders the ‘least efficient’

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Lending hits peak

According to data from the Bank of England, mortgage lending surged to its highest levels in two and a half years in May at a shade over £9.3 billion, beating analyst forecasts of £9 billion and giving further indications that the housing market is in robust health. Read
Companies: PSN   

House prices ‘are rising’

House price inflation is increasing at its highest rate for over a year and is expected to continue rising, clearly good news for all those investing in the sector Read
Companies: HBOS   


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