Last week, official figures were released showing that just over 30,000 new homes were built during 2024. The new government – which of course is not that different from the old government – could be viewed as having got a significant slice of luck, in terms of timing. How might the electorate have reacted if these figures had been available before they voted? This is especially so, given that – buoyed by the number of homes built nationally rising from 29,600 to 32,500 between 2022 and 2023 – senior government figures had publicly spoken about completions being as high as…

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