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Car parks across UK could be used to build new homes, research suggests
Hundreds of thousands of new homes could be built on car parks in the UK without losing parking facilities and helping to boost the number of properties being built, new research suggests. Some 400,000 new homes could be built on 10,500 ‘surface’ car parks in towns and cities around the country, enough to house around […] The post Car parks across UK could be used to build new homes, research suggests appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
New homes sales bounced back in Australia in November 2016, latest data shows
New homes sales in Australia bounced back towards the end of last year after a two year low in October 2016, the latest data shows. Annual sales increased by 6.1% in November but over the quarter they fell by 0.7% although this was only 0.2% below the same three month period in 2015, according to […] The post New homes sales bounced back in Australia in November 2016, latest data shows appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
Substantial increase in new home building needed to meet UK targets by 2020
The UK Government’s target of building a million new homes by 2020 will only be met if there is a substantial increase in construction, according to a new report. The need for housing in England has in recent years grown faster than its supply and despite a target of delivering a million new homes by […] The post Substantial increase in new home building needed to meet UK targets by 2020 appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →