Private housing starts dip in 2019

By Joey Gardiner2020-02-06T12:00:00

But affordable housing numbers continue to improve

Construction starts for private sale homes fell by 3% last year, according to the National House Building Council.

Overall housing starts and completions were virtually flat in 2019 compared with the previous year. It saw 161,022 starts, a rise of 1%, and 150,436 completions, an increase of 0.5%.

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