New Housing Starts Rise By 12%

The number of new homes started in the second quarter of 2017/18 was up 12% on the previous year, latest figures from the government have found. Quarterly new build dwellings data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) shows that the number of homes started in the three months up to and including September had hit 44,740, a 12% increase from the 39,810 starts in the same period last year. The figures also represent a quarter-on-quarter rise, with the 44,740 starts 12% higher than the 39,980 housing starts recorded for the first quarter of 2018/19. Download the figures from the MHCLG website.

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