Housing completions ‘tripled’ after spring covid lockdown

By Joey Gardiner2021-01-14T11:30:00

Latest figures from building control records show rapid recovery in output during quarter three 2020

Housing completions nearly tripled in the third quarter of the year as the housebuilding industry attempted to bounce back after the market was closed during the spring coronavirus lockdown.

The latest government figures from building control registrations, which don’t cover the whole of the market but are seen as strong indicators of trends, found that 45,000 homes were completed in England between July and September, an increase of 185% on the low of 15,790 completed between April and June.

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