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Office Developments Put Housing Supply Under Pressure

LONDON - Competition from office uses means s London housing developers face a land shortage which could force average prices even higher.

By Steve Killick | Updated on May 04, 2001

LONDON – Competition from office uses means s London housing developers face a land shortage which could force average prices in Central London to £1,000 ($1,400) per sq ft.

This year has started with the lowest level of residential stockavailable for the last six years, when the house building industry wasfinally moving out of recession.’The office market is doing so well in prime parts of London thathousebuilders are being comprehensively outbid when sites become availableparticularly in the City and Midtown area where demand for officeaccommodation looks set to grow even stronger,’ said Richard Donnell ananalyst with property consultant FPD Savills.

In some areas of London officerents soared by over 25% during the second half of 2000 increasingly forcinghousebuilders to look for opportunities elsewhere. The number of residentialdevelopments in central London, with 10 or more units, remained almoststatic during 2000.

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