Monday, January 31, 2005

GeneralContractor.com Releases New Site to Showcase Commercial Construction Resources

GeneralContractor.com Releases New Site to Showcase Commercial Construction Resources
GeneralContractor.com has announced the release of their new website featuring information about commercial construction. The new website features a showcase of more than 90 completed commercial construction projects, links and extensive articles on steel buildings, tilt-up construction and other industry-related topics. [PRWEB Jan 31, 2005]
Posted by Jason Colling at 9:38 AM
Categories: Construction News

Firms face affordable homes quotas

Firms face affordable homes quotas
RESIDENTIAL developers will be required to provide a strict quota of affordable houses under new local authority proposals.
Posted by Jason Colling at 9:13 AM
Categories: Uk Building News

Builder meets challenge for cheap homes (Financial Times)

Builder meets challenge for cheap homes (Financial Times)
Wates, the construction company, has met the challenge set by John Prescott to build homes for less than £60,000 in an attempt to make homes affordable and increase housing supply.
Posted by Jason Colling at 8:58 AM
Categories: Uk Property News

HOUSE PRICES 'TO RISE £17K' (Daily Mirror)

HOUSE PRICES 'TO RISE £17K' (Daily Mirror)
HOUSE prices will go up by an average of 10 per cent - £17,000 - in the next two years, an expert said yesterday. This is a direct contradiction of earlier forecasts which estimated a fall of up to 10 per cent in 2005.
Posted by Jason Colling at 8:57 AM
Categories: Uk Property News

Are weaker global property markets bad for Dubai? - AME Info Business News (AME Info)

Are weaker global property markets bad for Dubai? - AME Info Business News (AME Info)
Are weaker global property markets bad for Dubai? Property prices started to fall in Australia early last year and by the autumn weakness was evident in the UK and Spain. Only continued low mortgage rates sustain the market in the US which looks next for a fall.
Posted by Jason Colling at 8:55 AM
Categories: Global Mortgage News

Mortgages in seven currencies (AME Info)

Mortgages in seven currencies (AME Info)
You'd like to buy a UK property, but you're paid in a currency other than sterling. And you don't want to be exposed to exchange rate movements. Sound familiar?
Posted by Jason Colling at 8:54 AM
Categories: Global Mortgage News