New homes freeze spreads across the North-west | News

Housing starts in the North-west, 2003-2004
North-west	2003	2004	% change
Cheshire	3,597	3,762	+5%
Cumbria	916	1,071	+17%
Greater Manchester	8,009	8,420	+5%
Lancashire	3,978	2,832	–29%
Total	16,500	16,085	–3 %
Figures provided by the NHBC
NB: Last year Lancashire became the first district in the North-west to have a moratorium in all of its local authorities, excluding pathfinder schemes. It is expected that we will start to see a similar drop in number of houses started in Cumbria and Cheshire over the next year.