tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post8732834029516006431..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: Meaningless Statistic Of The DayMark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-8729507061484426242018-07-24T15:28:01.906+01:002018-07-24T15:28:01.906+01:002 million extra homes = say 5 million bedrooms. Ad...2 million extra homes = say 5 million bedrooms. Add to the 25 million empty bedrooms that we already have = 30 million empty rooms.mombershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09650866436764567516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-48478464908953502562018-07-24T15:27:31.991+01:002018-07-24T15:27:31.991+01:00L, indeed.
JB, don't look at annual figures, ...L, indeed.<br /><br />JB, don't look at annual figures, averaged out over the last fifteen years, there's one new build for every two additional people.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-1865360245998172292018-07-24T14:39:29.996+01:002018-07-24T14:39:29.996+01:00Are you sure new build is keeping up with populati...Are you sure new build is keeping up with population growth, which is now 500,000 a year, during which new house builds were running about 180,000 a year (including many small flats, I'm guessing)? See here, for example.<br />https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/7243/housing/housing-supply-in-uk/<br />Or from here (just for England)<br />https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/720230/House_Building_Release_March_2018_Final.pdf<br /><br />"Annual new build dwelling starts totalled 157,480 in the<br />year to March 2018, down by 3 per cent compared with the<br />year to March 2017. During the same period, completions<br />totalled 160,470, an increase of 8 per cent compared with<br />last year."<br /><br />With overall average occupancy around 2.6, the situation seems to be getting worse.<br />Jonathan Bagleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17331501151709216753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-71767090435039696342018-07-24T12:01:13.918+01:002018-07-24T12:01:13.918+01:00The IEA is usually OK-ish. But as ever Brits (wel...The IEA is usually OK-ish. But as ever Brits (well the English really) have a complete blind spot when it comes to housing.Lolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04586735342675041312noreply@blogger.com