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(2009), "New home starts continue to fall", Structural Survey, Vol. 27 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/ss.2009.11027bab.004
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:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2009, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
New home starts continue to fall
Article Type: Newsbriefs From: Structural Survey, Volume 27, Issue 2
Keywords: Statistics
New home starts in October 2008 fell to their lowest level since accessible records began, according to NHBC’s new house-building statistics. Furthermore, the longer-term picture looks set to worsen as NHBC anticipates as few as 85,000 homes being registered in 12 months to the end of March 2009. This compares to the relatively strong volume of 184,000 recorded in the same period last year and will represent the lowest annual figure recorded since the early 1980s when NHBC’s records began.