08/08/2017

Growth In NI House-Building

Construction work started on over 1,800 new houses in Northern Ireland in the first quarter of 2017, according to new figures.

This is a rise of 16.2% on the same quarter last year, data from the Northern Ireland Housing Bulletin revealed.

However, the total number of houses completed from January to March this year was 1,482, a decrease of 1.1% in the same quarter.

In 2016/17 work started on a total of 7,724 new houses.

(CD)

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