Brian Green

By Brian Green2008-03-06T12:30:00+00:00

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As a journalist and commentator, Brian Green has tracked trends in construction, property and housing for more than 20 years. He was the project editor for last year's launch of the Contract Journal Top 100 report and edits Housing Market Intelligence, now regarded as the 'industry bible'. Brian is a strong believer in the power of numbers to describe the world, which creates some discomfort as he tracks the rise and fall in the fortunes of Norwich City, or should that be fall and rise...

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Worst orders figures on record suggest the worst on the ground is yet to come

2011-09-02T11:59:05.557Z By Brian Green

There are times when you hope you’re misreading data or that there may be an error. But it doesn’t look as though these crutches are available as I stare at the carnage implicit in the new orders data.
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Forecasts point to a tough and risky road ahead for construction

2010-01-15T11:36:00Z By Brian Green

The latest Experian forecast is out today and it paints a broadly similar, albeit slightly more optimistic, picture to that of the recently released forecast from the Construction Products Association . The main point of departure is on the views towards housing. Here the Experian forecasters are more bullish, ...
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Residential planning activity bounces back

2009-12-18T15:59:00Z By Brian Green

The latest Government planning data on the face of it supports the view that there has been a bounce in activity within the house building sector. The topline data, released today, for residential planning decision show a fall in the September quarter compared with both the previous quarter and on ...