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Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam featuring Kevin Hollingsworth

Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam featuring Kevin Hollingsworth
Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam featuring Kevin Hollingsworth

Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam featuring Kevin Hollingsworth

12 September 2023

The price of newly built houses is rising far faster than those of older homes. That’s due to soaring input and materials costs as well as land prices. The Society of Chartered Surveyors wants a longer-term fix in the budget to drive down the prices of new homes. It also hates the idea of a concrete levy. Kevin Hollingsworth discusses the matter on Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam.

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