Housing completions at 20 year high

Housing completions at 20 year high

The latest figures from MHCLG have revealed that almost 50,000 new homes were built in the first three months of this year, the highest quarterly figure for more than 20 years.

Government building control data for England covering January to March 2021, showed that 49,470 home completions were achieved in Q1 2021, also a 21% increase on the same quarter in 2020 and 4% up on the last three months of 2020.
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