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Probably the worst Halifax house price figures ever - unless you're a homebuyer
So house prices dropped a further 1.7% in July according to Halifax (HBOS). For those concerned about the depth of any correction in the housing market that will be worrying.Added to the other eight monthly falls there have been over the past 12 months that means on the Halifax "smoothed" ...
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CommentCubitt Building and Interiors Ltd vs Richardson Roofing (Industrial) Ltd
The CaseThe Claimant, as main contractor, engaged the Defendant as a roofing sub-contractor at a building site at Hampton Wick Riverside.The Claimant sought declaratory relief that its terms and conditions were incorporated into the sub-contract between the parties and injunctions that the Defendant should be restrained from continuing with arbitration ...
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CommentRecord keeping: The art of self-defence
Conscientious record-keeping can give you invaluable ammunition should you want to blame others when things go wrong. Worth every dull moment
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CommentFramework contracts: The people vs Camden council
Government agencies are encouraging local authorities to adopt strategic procurement arrangements but the courts are taking a dim view of them
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Insurance policies: Fill your boots
Sales of some insurance policies have surged. This means, of course, that insurers will soon be taking them off the market. So buy now before it’s too late
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CommentIt’ s like deja vu all over again
The recent glut of bad news has made every headline going and sent the industry into blind panic. But we’ve been here many times before, says Richard Steer, so what did we expect …
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CommentBuilding buys a pint for KBC Peel Hunt
Chosen watering hole: The Gallery pub in the CityAmbience: The handful of stockbrokers not on a foreign beach ...
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CommentMy digital life: Mark Dudek
Mark Dudek lives his digital life as a skilled assassin in medieval Jerusalem. Or a star international footballer. Of course, he really only got the PS3 for the kids …
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Funny business
I read with interest your article about the formation of the new Construction Council to be chaired by John McDonough (11 July, page 13).
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Card tricks
When I applied for my CSCS technical managers card, I arrived at the test centre 15 minutes before my appointment time along with everybody else.
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A steely correction
I should like to clear up any confusion that the “Spotlight on steel” article (11 July, page 64) may have caused
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CommentManufacturing consent
Democracy is in trouble because politicians tell us what we want, then labour mightily to make sure we get it. Much the same is true of architecture, says Robert Adam
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CommentHansom: things can only get bitter
Disappointment all round this week as Christmas parties are called off, summer parties downgraded, guests turn up to wait in endless queues and some escape to Mongolia in whatever they can afford
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CommentInnocence abroad
Schools are out, summer is here and the mind naturally turns to jetting off (or, for the more environmentally squeamish, catching a train) to foreign climes
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Why money matters
I read this Money Week article on how British firms are running out of money and thought it may be of interest in the light of estimates I made on the money owed by and to construction firms.It's a bit on the scary side, but no less interesting for that.
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Is the sharp drop in the Nationwide house price index good or bad news?
There have always been paradoxes in the housing market. For instance, while people want the price of all other essentials items to fall homeowners want the value of their home - and by implication all homes - to rise, even if it would be to their disadvantage in cash terms ...
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Construction firms owe £30 billion to trade creditors
I am in the midst of putting together data for the Contract Journal Construction Top 100 and there were a couple of figures I thought worth sharing that have come out of some analysis on trade debt and credit.From the number crunching I am doing I have estimated that construction ...
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A 25% jump in house prices - is that scientific or finger licking bad
I can tell you the price of a house in 2020. I'll even let you into the secret of how I do it. What I do is lick my finger and stick it into the wind. Works every time, especially on those with no memory and little understanding, and I ...
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CommentA slippery slope
A recent order by a judge for a party to reveal its insurance details has sparked concern that claimants will now be able to request this information all the time