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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 →
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 →
More family homes being built in the UK and fewer flats
New homes being built in the UK are bigger with more bedrooms as changes in demand mean it is family homes that people want to buy, new research shows. The number of bedrooms being built increased from 385,000 in 2008/2009 to 478,000 in 2015/2016, according to an analysis report from the Home Builders Federation (HBF). […] The post More family homes being built in the UK and fewer flats appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →