On first look, the government's latest housebuilding figures seem to indicate a reasonably healthy market. The number of net additional dwellings reached 222,190 in the year to the end of March 2018, a higher figure than in all but one of the past 31 years -that being 2007-08. However, housing delivery is still well below the government's own 300,000-per-year target -and digging deeper into the data reveals evidence of a slowdown and significant differences between regions. Here are some key points arising from the figures.
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