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House prices unaffordable but a market crash is unlikely, says report

1 Apr 2008

UK house prices are currently unaffordable but a 1990s housing price crash is unlikely, a report has shown.

Credit crunch hits construction industry - RICS

1 Apr 2008

The housing slump has hit the construction industry and as a result, the government is “even more unlikely” to meet its housing targets, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has reported.

Health and safety is a must, ConstructionSkills tells industry

31 Mar 2008

ConstructionSkills has called upon the industry to make health and safety of the workforce a top priority, in light of the corporate manslaughter and corporate homicide Act coming into effect from the end of this week.