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The charity publishes year statistics on the number of empty homes in England. In 2018 Action on Empty Homes estimated that there were 216,000 empty homes in the UK, [1] the highest level for a decade. The charity has also put out numerous publications on how to bring empty properties back into use, for both owners as well as members of the public.
Ghost estate of approx 10 houses outside village of Bridgetown, County Wexford, 2012.(In Use as of 2024) In October 2010, the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government reported, using a restricted brief, that there were 33,000 complete or nearly complete empty homes after a national audit and that there were a further 10,000 homes at various stages of construction. [12]
After the earthquake of 1819, the Indus River changed its course of flow resulting in the abandonment of the port by people. The town surrounded by a 7-kilometre-long (4.3 mi) fort wall now houses only a few hundred people and a large number of ruined buildings.
Squatting occurs worldwide and tends to occur when people find empty buildings or land to occupy for housing. It has a long history, broken down by country below. In developing countries and least developed countries, shanty towns often begin as squatted settlements. In African cities such as Lagos much of the population lives in slums.
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With an increase of 5.5% from just 0% of people using the Internet to carry our house sales within the last decade in the UK, figures show that there will be a huge increase to a percentage of 50 by 2018. Figures will hit 70% by 2020, with only a third of the UK population seeking help through traditional methods of real estate agents. [3] [4]
Real estate is property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as growing crops (e.g. timber), minerals or water, and wild animals; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this (also) an item of real property, (more generally) buildings or housing in general.
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