Land write-offs called for by City

Land write-offs called for by City - 1990 - Contract Journal vol 356 no 5789 27/9/90 p3 .

The construction industry is reluctant to admit it will make a loss rather than a profit from housebuilding this year after proper reductions in land values have been written off its books. Some major groups - such as Costain , Tarmac , Amec and Laing - have already admitted in public that the price of land has fallen. Others still refuse to do so although values have halved in many parts of the country.