More than 160,000 new homes were registered to be built
in the UK last year, an increase of 6% on 2016, according to NHBC’s latest new
home statistics. 160,606 homes were registered throughout the course of 2017,
up from the 152,017 the previous year and the highest since the pre-recession
levels of a decade ago. The private sector grew by 3% with 118,825 new homes
registered, with the affordable sector increasing by 14% to 41,781 – the
highest yearly total for the sector since NHBC electronic records began 30
years ago. New home completions also increased by 4% from 141,685 in 2016 to
147,278 last year. Read more on the NHBC website.
http://www.nhbc.co.uk/media-centre/articles/statistics/2017-Annual-Stats/
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