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Uncertainty over how the National Assets Management Agency (Nama) will function and the time being taken to set it up has caused “effective paralysis in the industry,” according to a new report.

Merrion’s Spring 2009 Housebuilder Survey said “even if the end result is positive, respondents believe that this uncertainty is resulting in the house building market coming to a complete standstill.”