House-building slumped over the first half of 2018 with just 119,900 building permits approved between May and July... a fall of 12.1% on 2017.
Coming after two solid years of rising numbers, the government figures showed only a slight fall of 4.3% between April and June but a plunge in July. The number of new-build starts also fell by 4% in ...
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