The Audit Office is set to report to the NI Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee next year on the current state of the planning system in Northern Ireland at the same time as an internal departmental review by the Department of the Environment is to look into efficiency issues at the service. With the Planning Service in NI being critcised on a weekly basis the reviews will hardly contribute to its already tarnished image.
The Irish Property Awards are due to take place on 27th November. Click here to check out the shortlist.
20 Awards are up for grabs this year. Stay tuned to find out the winners and losers.
Sarah Teather, MP for Brent East has moved from business, enterprise and regulatory reform to become housing spokeswoman for the party.
Ronan Lyons, economist for Daft.ie is urging caution against the introduction of any tax breaks for first-time buyers in next week’s budget saying such measures were “what created the massive bubble in house prices in the first place”.
Daft says the average asking price for a house during the three-month period was just over €312,000, representing a 10.5% fall since the same time last year.
Co Cork and Co Clare have experienced the highest reductions in asking prices during that period.
The British Construction Industry Awards 2008 are due to be announced at a gala awards dinner at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London this week. The BCI Awards are widely regarded as the industry’s ‘Oscars’. The awards dinner will attract around 900 members of the construction industry in the UK.
National Construction Week is also scheduled to take place from the 8th of October. The aim of the week is to inform young people about the many careers available in the modern construction industry.
According to Nationwide this morning at 7am, house prices in NI have dropped 29.8% in the past year.
