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Housing market recovery picks up
The recovery of the UK housing market continued to pick up pace in March, according to the latest research by Connells Survey and Valuation
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Help householders improve energy efficiency
The big disappointment in today’s Budget was the lack of any help for households to improve the energy efficiency of their homes
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Good Budget for first-time buyers
The 2010 budget has been described as a ‘growth’ budget for the UK economy
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Greater reform of stamp duty still needed
The stamp duty proposals in today’s Budget are welcome and will benefit a significant number of buyers, removing 50% of transactions from the stamp duty system
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RICS and the Appraisal Foundation
How will RICS and the Appraisal Foundation work to bring international standards together to help the economic recovery?
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Crossrail is a ‘main priority’
Completing Crossrail and upgrading the tube should be the next UK Government’s main priorities, say members of the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry
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RICS CEO announces retirement
RICS Chief Executive Louis Armstrong has announced his retirement
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Serious concern over public sector cuts
The UK Government’s decision to halve public spending, with more than £90bn of capital spending cut between now and 2014, is causing much concern within the construction industry
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Fundamental energy changes are needed
The Royal Academy of Engineering has warned that huge investment and social changes are needed to meet the UK’s energy needs in the coming decades
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UK property market started the year strongly
Confirmation that the UK property market started the year strongly was provided by the release today of the monthly CLG house price series
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Construction job losses
67,000 UK construction workers lost their jobs last quarter, the largest of any UK economy sector
According to the Office of National Statistics, the number of jobs decreased by 3.1% between June and September 2009, from 2,162,000 to 2,095,000.
The number of jobs in construction has fallen by 8.2% over the past year, amounting to a 187,000 reduction.
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