The most recent government figures show there are278,018 long-term vacant homesin Great Britain.
More than 278,000homes have sat empty across England, Scotland and Wales for longer than six months, the highest level since 2012, home insurance firm Admiral has found.
The most recent government figures show there are278,018 long-term vacant homesin Great Britain.
Admiral has combined government figures with Freedom of Information requests to local British councils, to find England has the highest total of long-term vacant homes (216,186), while Wales has the highest proportion of them,with 20 in every 1,000 homes sitting empty for six months or longer.
This was followed by Scotland,with 15 in every 1,000 homes sitting vacant. Great Britain has 10 in every 1,000 and England nine in 1,000.
The Shetland Islands has the highest proportion of vacant homes in Scotland and Great Britain with 47.1 in every 1,000.
The City of London ranks second in Great Britain, and first in England, with 37.8 in every 1,000 homes empty for at least six months.
Carmarthenshire is the Welsh local authority with the highest proportion of long-term vacancies (30.5 in every 1,000).
When asking British councils how many homes had been vacant in their district for longer periods of time Cornwall was found to have the most in Great Britain and England, with25.8 in every 1,000 homessitting empty for over 10 years.
The City of London has the most long-term vacant homes (37.83 in 1,000) in London, followed by Southwark andKensington and Chelsea.
In 2018, there were 2,535vacant homes listed for demolition across Great Britain.
Abillreleased in October 2018 gave all local authorities in England the power to charge dwellings that have been empty for at least two years, an extra 50% on their council tax bill, and from April, an increase to 100%.
