Saturday, Jun 14, 2008

Does anything that GB promise materialise?

BBC News: New homes target 'will be missed'

"We've not seen anything like this post-war," he said. "It's essentially a financial crisis, more like 1931 than anything else that we've seen.
"House builders are not going to be starting new sites, they're going to be laying people off, they may even be mothballing sites.
"It really is on a scale we've not seen before."

Posted by flintster1994 @ 08:53 AM (569 views) Add Comment

5 Comments

1. hpwatcher said...

Brown is full of the Brown stuff.

Saturday, June 14, 2008 09:24AM Report Comment
 

2. uncle tom said...

As a rough ball-park, every home not built per annum means two fewer construction jobs.

That does not mean two guys on a one-way ticket to Warsaw, as they are happy to work for less dosh. It'll be the British brickies who get laid off first, and they won't be very happy about it...

Saturday, June 14, 2008 10:12AM Report Comment
 

3. Mark said...

"Andrew Teacher, from the British Property Foundation, told the BBC that investment for new homes would only be found if the UK switched from an owner to a rental model of housing."

I think he means he believes or hopes there may still be some BTL investors mug enough to pay silly prices for houses. Trouble is, lenders have twigged the game is up.

Saturday, June 14, 2008 11:04AM Report Comment
 

4. Letsgetreadytotumble said...

Why don't the BBC allow comments.....................I wonder.

Saturday, June 14, 2008 07:30PM Report Comment
 

5. denzil said...

"Does anything that GB promise materialise?"

Sorry, no it doesn't.

Saturday, June 14, 2008 07:31PM Report Comment
 

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