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IT HAS become one of the biggest challenges of the next decade: building tens of thousands of new houses to tackle a chronic shortage of affordable homes. But while governments at Holyrood and Westminster gear up for a major construction effort, regulators and angry consumers are wondering whether Britain's housebuilding industry is fit for the job.
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has launched an investigation into the £20 billion industry amid claims that companies have been manipulating the planning process in a bid to inflate
new house prices.
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