A third of new builds are detached properties

Detached homes accounted for a third of new build properties being registered in Q3 of 2021 – the highest proportion since 2002, according to an industry body. Around 36% of new homes registered to be built in the third quarter of 2021 were detached, compared with 28% in 2020, according to the National House Building Council (NHBC). Flats made up just 13% of new home registrations in the third quarter of 2021, falling from 29% in the same period last year. Total new home registrations were up by 14% compared with a year earlier to 33,779 in the third quarter of 2021, with the highest rises in the East Midlands, North East and Yorkshire and the Humber. 

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