{"id":34648,"date":"2017-08-23T12:44:31","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T11:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=34648"},"modified":"2017-08-23T12:44:31","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T11:44:31","slug":"brits-continue-snub-new-build-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/brits-continue-snub-new-build-housing\/34648\/","title":{"rendered":"Brits continue to snub new-build housing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>81% of Brits snub new-build housing and call on the government to back the restoration of Britain\u2019s traditional properties, rejecting identikit homes sweeping the nation<\/h2>\n<p>New research among 2,000 UK adults by bridging specialist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mfsuk.com\/\">MFS<\/a> has revealed that Brits are tiring of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/new-build-homes-faults\/31379\">new-build<\/a> housing developments. The data, which comes as a record <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/business\/2017\/05\/25\/number-new-homes-built-hits-highest-level-since-financial-crisis\/\">162,880<\/a> new homes have been built across the UK in the past year, urges the government to prioritise the refurbishment and restoration of traditional properties across the country. It found:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 81% of UK adults (41.58 million people) are unenthused by the prospect of living in new-build housing<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 79% (40.56 million people) think the Tories should focus more on supporting the refurbishment of run-down properties to meet housing demand<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 60% (30.80 million people) feel that there are too many poorly-built, unattractive new-builds popping up across the country<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a041% of the nation (21.05 million people) feel new-build properties lack character, acting as eyesores within their localities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A further 23% of UK adults (11.81 million people) would only consider buying a new-build as a buy-to-let investment, refusing to live in one themselves<\/p>\n<p>Homebuyers dislike the nation\u2019s rising number of new-builds, despite these constructions forming a core priority of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/quality-homes-forefront-housing-plans\/31533\">government\u2019s housing policy<\/a>, the research reveals.<\/p>\n<p>In an effort to resolve the undersupply of housing currently afflicting the UK, the Conservative Government has prioritised new-build construction within its housing policy, committing to build <a href=\"http:\/\/uk.reuters.com\/article\/uk-britain-election-housing-idUKKCN18E1HM\">1.5 million<\/a> new homes by 2022.<\/p>\n<p>However, the independent, nationally-representative survey found that 81% of the country \u2013 the equivalent of 41.58 million people \u2013 consciously avoids new-build housing despite living through the worst housing crisis in decades. Casting considerable doubt on the government\u2019s focus on new-builds in its housing policy, the research also found that 79% of respondents feel the current government should do more to embrace the refurbishment of traditional properties as a greater priority to boost the nation\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/housing-supply-challenge-just-planning-issue\/27233\">housing supply<\/a>. It comes as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.todaysconveyancer.co.uk\/news\/empty-homes-reaches-20-year-high\/\">1.4 million<\/a> properties currently sit empty across the UK, a 20-year high.<\/p>\n<p>The nation\u2019s frustration with new-builds is evidently such that they would not choose to live in one themselves; however, 11.81 million people (23%) said that they would consider buying a newly built property as a buy-to-let investment.<\/p>\n<p>Paresh Raja, CEO of MFS, commented on the findings:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s research sends a strong message to both those involved in property development and the government. Despite the distinct need for a greater national supply of housing, the public appetite is evidently stronger for refurbished traditional properties over new-builds. However, the UK\u2019s current housing strategy is heavily predicated on new-builds, much to the frustration of buyers across the market. Clearly more needs to be done to support aspiring property buyers by doing more to encourage the refurbishment projects that are essential to satisfy widespread demand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>81% of Brits snub new-build housing and call on the government to back the restoration of Britain\u2019s traditional properties according to research by MFS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[572,571,747],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-34648","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-housebuilding","8":"tag-housing-crisis","9":"tag-property"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Brits continue to snub new-build housing | Planning, Building &amp; 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