Wednesday, 21 August 2019

Housing Starts And Completions Still Below Pre-Recession Levels


A briefing note for MPs prepared from government statistics shows that housing starts and completions have increased from the lows observed in late 2008 and early 2009 but remain below the levels they were at before the recession of a decade ago. Citing figures from the MHCLG, the briefing note prepared by the House of Commons library says there were 36,630 house building starts in England in the first quarter of this year - the most recent data available. This was a nine per cent decrease compared with the previous quarter, and also a nine per cent decrease compared with the same quarter of 2018. Read more on Letting Agent Today.

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