House Building At Seven Year High

The number of newly built homes is at a seven year high, according to new figures revealed by the Department of Communities and Local Government.

In the year to March a total of 139,690 new homes were complete, a rise of 12% on the previous year.

The latest house building figures also show that the number of new homes started is also at its highest level since 2007 to 2008 - 139,680 homes were started in 2015 to 2016.


Housing and Planning Minister Brandon Lewis said: "We've got the country building again and are seeing our housebuilding efforts paying-off with this considerable increase in the number of homes built in just 1 year.

"This is real progress but there is more to do. That's why we are going further and increasing our investment in housebuilding to ensure many more hard-working people can benefit."

(MH/CD)