James Hastings
Head of Construction Futures, Experian
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Osborne establishes his green credentials
It’s a pleasant surprise to see the government backing the low-carbon agenda
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The trouble with house prices
I read with interest recently the CEBR's predictions for the total fall in house prices and when it expects the turnaround to come and that got me thinking on the topic of house prices in general.
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What's in the budget for construction?
Snap analysis immediately after the event tends to be prone to knee-jerk reaction, but the thing that immediately springs to mind about this budget is the optimism regarding GDP growth in 2010 in 2011. While I wouldn't neccessarily argue with a 3.5% decline for this year, 1.25% growth for 2010 seems a little on the high side, and 3.5% for 2011 excessive. The Treasury's own analysis of independent forecasts for 2010 gives a median of 0.3%, although admittedly there are a considerable ...
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