Home extensions represent majority of housing construction projects

House extensions now

Data from the first National Housing Construction Index shows that more people are opting to stay in their homes and extend, rather than move to new homes.

The figures from link2plans.com — a website that tracks every planning application in the country — were released last night. It analyses planning applications, a measure of sentiment and potential future activity, and commencement notices, a real time barometer of actual housing construction activity.