EDITOR'S COMMENT
By Mark Webb
Spring is threatening to arrive and possibly growth is
threatening to return to the UK economy. Despite the possibility of
'green shoots', there was in reality little given away in
the 2013 Budget.
The headline announcements were around assistance for buyers to
move up the property ladder. That may provide a fillip to home
ownership and new build schemes, but the difficulties of chronic
under supply of the right type of housing in the right place remain
and may well stall this initiative.
In this edition, Robert King takes a look at the Budget changes,
in particular on SDLT, while Michael Edginton of Acasta Consulting
sounds a cautionary note on pricing policy in the construction
industry.
