Housebuilding numbers are ‘potentially on target’
A million new homes by 2020 is do-able, says Savills
Housebuilding starts jump 23% to nearly double 2009’s low-point
            The number of starts and completions on new-build homes reached their highest level since 2008 at the end of 2015, rising by 23% in Q4 compared to the same period a year earlier.
        
    
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    Housebuilding starts and completions slip 9%
            The number of new housebuilding starts in Q1 was 9% lower than in the same period a year earlier, according to the latest numbers from the Office of National Statistics.
        
    
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