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• Official figures put house prices 14.2% below peak

  The latest official figures produced by Communities and Local Government to gauge house prices suggest the decline in prices accelerated in February to an annual rate of -12.3%, which puts them 14.2% down from peak. No particular surprise there. But there... Posted Apr 15 2009, 12:44 PM by Brickonomics Filed under: house prices, CLG, first-time buyers

• Is this Government ignorance which I see before me?

  The latest report from the House of Commons Communities and Local Government Committee called Housing and the Credit Crunch is well worth a read for a run through of the current travails of the industry. It seems broadly to "welcome" what the... Posted Feb 24 2009, 09:31 AM by Brickonomics Filed under: house building, job losses, housing policy, CLG, housing targets