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Why the housing market won’t get fixed
Housebuilding company Taylor Wimpey is unusually honest in admitting that housing shortages and only building a tiny number of new homes are good for keeping prices – and profits – high, says SOLOMON HUGHES
Aspext housing development by Taylor Wimpey, Wick Lane London E3, 2019
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IF YOU want to know why there is a housing crisis, the Taylor Wimpey annual report is as good a place as any to start.
Taylor Wimpey is one of Britain’s leading housebuilders. There annual report and accounts, which cover 2022, were filed at Companies House at the end of June.
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