National housebuilder Bellway, which has several local developments, says Government-backed schemes to boost the housing market had helped to push up sales.
The company, whose ten Yorkshire developments include sites at Edison Fields in Guiseley and Wellesley Grange, Pudsey, says such schemes accounted for a significant proportion of higher site visitor numbers and sales.
Ross Clarkson, regional sales manager, said: “Both NewBuy and Help to Buy have had a real impact. Visitor numbers across our UK developments are up by 27 per cent from 101 per week in 2012 to 128 in the year to July 2013, while we have taken 830 reservations using Help to Buy in the four months since the first phase was introduced on April 1.”
Bellway sold 5,652 homes in the year to July, 8.2 per cent more than the previous year.
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