Drop in detached house construction
Series: Inside Housing ; 21(9) 5 March 2004, 7 (1)Publication details: 2004Subject(s): Summary: The latest figures from the HBF show that the proportion of detached houses built in the southeast of England during 2003 has plummeted to 19% compared with 47% in 1997. Over the same period the proportion of flats increased from 14% to 47%. An HBF spokesman warned that if the trend continued then the construction of detached houses could stop altogether, but other housing professionals welcomed the figures as a sign that better use was being made of land in the region. http://www.hbf.co.uk| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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The latest figures from the HBF show that the proportion of detached houses built in the southeast of England during 2003 has plummeted to 19% compared with 47% in 1997. Over the same period the proportion of flats increased from 14% to 47%. An HBF spokesman warned that if the trend continued then the construction of detached houses could stop altogether, but other housing professionals welcomed the figures as a sign that better use was being made of land in the region. http://www.hbf.co.uk