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• Building Britain's Future promises 45,000 new jobs building homes - That can't be right

  Has anyone else prodded the sums on the 45,000 new jobs promised in the Building Britain's Future document as a result of the £1.5 billion pledged to stimulate building of 20,000 social and 10,000 private homes? I would have had a poke at them earlier... Posted Jul 06 2009, 06:51 PM by Brickonomics Filed under: government spending, house building, stamp duty, jobs, Alistair Darling, Gordon Brown, debt, VAT

• Rightmove figures provide food for thought on house prices

  The latest figures divined from the property website Rightmove show that asking prices fell 0.4% in the month. And at first sight this seem a little at odds with most of the data coming from the housing market of late. There is data to suggest that there... Posted Jun 22 2009, 10:40 AM by Brickonomics Filed under: mortgages, housing market, unemployment, interest rates, optimism, Rightmove, pessimism, death, divorce, debt