Decline in new homes

Decline in new homes - 2001 - Construction News (6745) 6 December 2001, 5(1) .

Newly released government housing statistics reveal that only 58,000 homes were built in London and the South-East between 1996 and 2000. Meanwhile, the number of buyers searching for new property rose by more than 6% to 184,000 over this period. House builders are blaming exorbitant planning gain demands, known as s106 agreements, for this fall in the number of new homes.


HOUSING STATISTICS
SOUTH-EAST ENGLAND
LONDON
NEW HOMES
PLANNING GAIN
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 S106
CONSTRUCTION MARKET