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Article: BOOM TIME.
- Article from:
- Evening Courier (Halifax, England)
- Article date:
- April 12, 2006
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THE number of new houses built in Calderdale during a single year has reached a record high.
For the first time, more than 1,000 properties have been completed either from scratch or through conversions - beating the boom era which created council estates.
Numbers have been climbing steadily in recent years and Calderdale Council recorded 1,005 for the 12 months ending in February.
Estate agent John Churchill, of William Brown, Sowerby Bridge, said high levels of building activity were likely to continue for some time because Calderdale has such good road and rail links.
He is involved with Pennine Housing 2000 in marketing shared ...