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As we consider, or for that matter dismiss the possibility of a house price crash in the UK it is perhaps worth taking a look at the shape of things in the US.
The most respected figures for house prices come from the S&P/Case Shiller index and this shows prices down 12.5 per cent from their peak in July 2006.
The more worrying aspect as is clear from the data and the graph shown is that the speed of decline appears to be quickening.
Despite decades of technical advances and a revolution in technology, the benefits have not flowed through to improved productivity, says Paul Ruddick, chairman and founder of Reds10
To scale up, it needed outside investment and there was only one place it was coming from, writes Dave Rogers
The sector needs to educate its construction partners to create a sustainable supply chain that helps achieve net zero targets and manages the transition of UK suppliers to low carbon UK steel production, says Jonathan Davis, preconstruction technical director at William Hare
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