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Builders and Price Rigging

by Jason Orme 20.11.2009

Builders and Price Rigging

Posted by Jason Orme on 20th November 2009

So, proof in black and white that builders collude on contracts. Not all builders, by any means, and certainly not on all contracts.

But a report just released by the Office of Fair Trading (you can see it for yourself here) lists, in shocking detail, the levels at which builders speak to each other to portion out building jobs and, so the OFT argues, keep prices high.

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Jason Orme

Jason Orme

Jason Orme has been the Editor of Homebuilding & Renovating for many years and has written on property and self-build matters for, amongst others, The Independent and The Telegraph. He self-built in 2004 and is looking for another plot.

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