homes completed in England remained relatively stable in 2021 and 2022, after reaching a low point in the second quarter of 2020 due to the restrictions implemented to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Private companies were responsible for most of the new homes built in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2022. Housing completions in the UK decreased for three years in a row between 2007 and 2010. This was followed by several years of fluctuation and a gradual increase from 2013 to 2019. The number of New homes completed by private companies, housing associations and local authorities in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1949 to 2022 (in 1,000s)
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (September 7, 2023). New homes completed by private companies, housing associations and local authorities in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1949 to 2022 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/746101/completion-of-new-dwellings-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "New homes completed by private companies, housing associations and local authorities in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1949 to 2022 (in 1,000s)." Chart. September 7, 2023. Statista. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/746101/completion-of-new-dwellings-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2023). New homes completed by private companies, housing associations and local authorities in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1949 to 2022 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/746101/completion-of-new-dwellings-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "New Homes Completed by Private Companies, Housing Associations and Local Authorities in The United Kingdom (Uk) from 1949 to 2022 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Sep 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/746101/completion-of-new-dwellings-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK), New homes completed by private companies, housing associations and local authorities in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1949 to 2022 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/746101/completion-of-new-dwellings-uk/ (last visited March 19, 2024)
New homes completed by private companies, housing associations and local authorities in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1949 to 2022 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), September 7, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/746101/completion-of-new-dwellings-uk/