Housebuilding activity is at its strongest levels since
2007 as the recovery broadens out beyond London to the rest of the UK, an
industry body has reported. But the National House Building Council (NHBC), which
released the figures, also warned that small builders are still struggling to
raise finance from “risk averse” lenders. It said that the industry as a whole
is seeing shortages of skilled people such as bricklayers, carpenters and
decorators as work begins to pick up. The NHBC has recorded 107,017
registrations for housebuilding between January and September 2014, marking a
6% increase on the same period a year earlier and the highest year-to-date
total seen since 2007, before the economic downturn struck. Read more on the
Guardian website.
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