Nearly 290000 empty homes in England - 1st December 2007
Easier (press release) - Chester,UK
To coincide with the Empty Homes National Week of Action (3rd to 7th December), new Halifax research shows that there were 288763 empty private homes in ...

Empty houses outstrip new-homes targets - 1st December 2007
This is Money - UK
The number of homes empty for longer than six months far outstrips the Government's revised housebuilding targets of 240000 new properties per year. ...