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Narrowing margins: cost of building materials soars

Construction

Narrowing margins: cost of building materials soars

Prices are rising rapidly as the sector booms in the post-lockdown era – but are high costs here to stay and what factors are causing them? Experts on three different continents give their thoughts.

Gela Pertusini21 June 2021

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We’re gonna need a bigger warehouse

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We’re gonna need a bigger warehouse

In part one of our series on post-pandemic building typologies, we look at how a sharp increase in online retail has made the warehousing market hot property

Helen Parton 16 June 2021

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Homes and communities

Staying put: how lockdown brought about eviction bans

Rent freezes were put in place in many countries during the pandemic. Their effectiveness varied, but could they lead to more permanent protections for hard-pressed tenants?

Gregory Scruggs 04 June 2021

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