2009: The year of living nervously

摘要

Ask a housebuilder, a contractor and a consultant for their assessment of 2009 and you will get three different reactions.rnThe housebuilder may shrug and say things could have been worse. This time last year a leaked email from Pete Redfern, chief executive of Taylor Wimpey, famously compared the housebuilder's press attention to that of Angelina Jolie, as rumours circulated over whether it would collapse under the weight of its £1.9bn debt mountain.