Thursday, 14 December 2017

Social Housing Sector Delivers ‘Another Strong Year Of Investment’

The social housing sector has delivered ‘another strong year of investment’ in new and existing properties according to the 2017 global accounts. The main findings for 2017 are:
·         The sector invested £10bn in new housing supply and £1.6bn in existing stock. Total investment of £11.6bn represents a 15% increase on 2016
·         Of this, investment in new and existing social housing stock was £7.9bn
·         Turnover was unchanged at £20bn
·         Operating margins have increased by 2% to 30%
·         Total debt held by the sector increased by £2.9bn to £69.6bn
·         The underlying net surplus was £3.5bn – a 7% increase on 2016

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