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Barratt Developments responsible for over 39% of land completions in Yorkshire in 2013

Barratt Developments has acquired more land in Yorkshire than any other housebuilder in the region last year, accounting for 39% of all completed land transactions according to Land Registration figures for in 2013,

Barratt Developments, which includes both Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes, successfully acquired land for over 2531 new build plots in Yorkshire 2013, exceeding the equivalent numbers of all of the other major housebuilders in the region put together.

According to the firm, the statistics demonstrate the extent to which Barratt Developments has responded to the demand for new housing in the area, and reflects the economic growth of the county in the past year.

Ian Ruthven managing director of Barratt Developments in Yorkshire West, said: “Building enough housing to meet demand in this country is a major challenge in the current climate.

“Thanks to schemes such as Help to Buy, the market has moved extremely quickly over the last year, but we are well aware that there is still simply not enough quality housing stock in Yorkshire at the moment.

“Obviously the first step towards addressing this is successful land acquisition, and we are working exceedingly hard to do just that. Hopefully these statistics demonstrate just how committed we are to that goal - particularly when judged in comparison to some of our major competitors.

“Of course, much of our success is down to the resilience of the Yorkshire economy and its ability to bounce back so strongly in the last 12 months. We very much intend to continue our land acquisition in the coming years, so we’re extremely optimistic about our future in Yorkshire.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Clare Burnett .