The pros and cons of building your own home

Around 13,000 houses a year are self-builds — but what does this actually involve?

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Date	Open	High	Low	Close*	Adj. close**	Volume
01 Dec 2021	1,226.00	1,226.80	1,225.80	1,235.20	1,235.20	616
30 Nov 2021	-	-	-	-	-	-
29 Nov 2021	-	-	-	-	-	-
26 Nov 2021	12.23	12.23	12.18	12.13	12.13	1,242
25 Nov 2021	12.47	12.47	12.47	12.47	12.47	-
24 Nov 2021	12.39	12.39	12.39	12.39	12.39	-
23 Nov 2021	12.43	12.43	12.43	12.43	12.43	-
22 Nov 2021	12.60	12.61	12.60	12.58	12.58	200
19 Nov 2021	12.66	12.66	12.66	12.62	12.62	4
18 Nov 2021	12.71	12.73	12.69	12.68	12.68	4,416
17 Nov 2021	12.71	12.71	12.71	12.69	12.69	545
16 Nov 2021	12.73	12.74	12.73	12.76	12.76	1,363
15 Nov 2021	12.80	12.82	12.80	12.79	12.79	1,554
12 Nov 2021	12.79	12.83	12.79	12.82	12.82	385
11 Nov 2021	12.76	12.79	12.73	12.80	12.80	948
10 Nov 2021	12.69	12.75	12.69	12.73	12.73	1,598
09 Nov 2021	12.74	12.82	12.73	12.75	12.75	7,774
08 Nov 2021	12.81	12.81	12.81	12.76	12.76	3,514
05 Nov 2021	12.77	12.77	12.76	12.78	12.78	600
04 Nov 2021	12.75	12.75	12.75	12.76	12.76	1,522
03 Nov 2021	12.56	12.57	12.56	12.58	12.58	244
02 Nov 2021	12.54	12.54	12.54	12.58	12.58	1,122
01 Nov 2021	12.48	12.50	12.30	12.49	12.49	6,222
29 Oct 2021	12.32	12.32	12.30	12.33	12.33	5,458
28 Oct 2021	12.26	12.30	12.26	12.33	12.33	3,607
27 Oct 2021	12.29	12.29	12.29	12.28	12.28	100
26 Oct 2021	12.28	12.30	12.23	12.28	12.28	3,919
25 Oct 2021	12.23	12.23	12.23	12.23	12.23	2
22 Oct 2021	12.24	12.26	12.23	12.26	12.26	2,119
21 Oct 2021	12.15	12.15	12.13	12.14	12.14	2,363
20 Oct 2021	12.16	12.17	12.13	12.14	12.14	730
19 Oct 2021	12.13	12.13	12.06	12.11	12.11	2,355
18 Oct 2021	12.09	12.09	12.05	12.11	12.11	1,031
15 Oct 2021	12.09	12.09	12.09	12.12	12.12	94
14 Oct 2021	11.99	12.08	11.99	12.09	12.09	2,708
13 Oct 2021	11.84	11.84	11.84	11.97	11.97	755
12 Oct 2021	11.88	11.88	11.87	11.87	11.87	2,186
11 Oct 2021	11.89	11.89	11.86	11.88	11.88	297
08 Oct 2021	11.89	11.94	11.88	11.89	11.89	3,930
07 Oct 2021	11.91	11.95	11.89	11.93	11.93	1,974
06 Oct 2021	11.69	11.78	11.69	11.76	11.76	21,368
05 Oct 2021	11.83	11.90	11.77	11.88	11.88	10,624
04 Oct 2021	11.87	11.87	11.83	11.79	11.79	521
01 Oct 2021	11.86	11.95	11.84	11.86	11.86	7,448
30 Sept 2021	12.02	12.02	11.99	11.99	11.99	676
29 Sept 2021	12.11	12.11	12.11	12.11	12.11	42
28 Sept 2021	12.05	12.07	12.00	11.99	11.99	390
27 Sept 2021	12.29	12.32	12.16	12.14	12.14	3,020
24 Sept 2021	12.24	12.29	12.24	12.21	12.21	50
23 Sept 2021	12.31	12.31	12.30	12.31	12.31	721
22 Sept 2021	12.25	12.30	12.24	12.24	12.24	11,548
21 Sept 2021	12.09	12.14	12.03	12.10	12.10	18,588
20 Sept 2021	11.92	12.01	11.90	11.98	11.98	2,922
17 Sept 2021	12.31	12.32	12.26	12.11	12.11	714
16 Sept 2021	12.27	12.28	12.25	12.25	12.25	2,089
15 Sept 2021	12.28	12.28	12.21	12.18	12.18	1,827
14 Sept 2021	12.20	12.23	12.20	12.27	12.27	650
13 Sept 2021	12.24	12.24	12.24	12.24	12.24	-
10 Sept 2021	12.30	12.31	12.28	12.23	12.23	739
09 Sept 2021	12.22	12.30	12.22	12.27	12.27	1,641
08 Sept 2021	12.40	12.41	12.34	12.36	12.36	5,152
07 Sept 2021	12.50	12.56	12.50	12.49	12.49	5,199
06 Sept 2021	12.54	12.54	12.47	12.52	12.52	1,815
03 Sept 2021	12.46	12.52	12.46	12.42	12.42	1,282
02 Sept 2021	12.51	12.55	12.51	12.52	12.52	1,209
01 Sept 2021	12.52	12.52	12.46	12.49	12.49	311
31 Aug 2021	12.44	12.51	12.39	12.39	12.39	2,988
27 Aug 2021	12.41	12.44	12.41	12.44	12.44	642
26 Aug 2021	12.40	12.40	12.40	12.40	12.40	-
25 Aug 2021	12.44	12.44	12.43	12.41	12.41	9
24 Aug 2021	12.42	12.42	12.40	12.42	12.42	382
23 Aug 2021	12.46	12.46	12.43	12.43	12.43	5
20 Aug 2021	12.32	12.36	12.32	12.36	12.36	2,111
19 Aug 2021	12.22	12.25	12.20	12.27	12.27	1,442
18 Aug 2021	12.40	12.40	12.38	12.39	12.39	18,646
17 Aug 2021	12.38	12.48	12.37	12.40	12.40	1,433
16 Aug 2021	12.35	12.39	12.34	12.36	12.36	3,946
13 Aug 2021	12.38	12.45	12.38	12.44	12.44	831
12 Aug 2021	12.36	12.37	12.34	12.37	12.37	2,289
11 Aug 2021	12.32	12.35	12.31	12.30	12.30	2,175
10 Aug 2021	12.29	12.29	12.27	12.27	12.27	1,260
09 Aug 2021	12.27	12.27	12.21	12.26	12.26	153
06 Aug 2021	12.24	12.24	12.24	12.23	12.23	-
05 Aug 2021	12.26	12.28	12.26	12.25	12.25	1,722
04 Aug 2021	12.22	12.23	12.21	12.22	12.22	5,280
03 Aug 2021	12.19	12.19	12.18	12.17	12.17	466
02 Aug 2021	12.15	12.19	12.15	12.18	12.18	1,289
30 Jul 2021	12.04	12.04	12.04	12.07	12.07	2
29 Jul 2021	12.08	12.09	12.08	12.08	12.08	1,704
28 Jul 2021	12.02	12.02	12.00	12.03	12.03	1,666
27 Jul 2021	12.03	12.05	12.01	11.96	11.96	700
26 Jul 2021	12.07	12.08	12.05	12.06	12.06	19
23 Jul 2021	12.09	12.09	12.08	12.10	12.10	4,276
22 Jul 2021	12.00	12.01	12.00	11.97	11.97	3,473
21 Jul 2021	11.95	11.99	11.95	11.98	11.98	2,704
20 Jul 2021	11.86	11.87	11.83	11.82	11.82	9,510
19 Jul 2021	11.69	11.84	11.69	11.72	11.72	13,572
16 Jul 2021	11.96	11.96	11.92	11.89	11.89	16
15 Jul 2021	11.97	12.00	11.97	11.87	11.87	157
14 Jul 2021	11.98	11.98	11.96	12.00	12.00	316
Close price adjusted for splits.*Close price adjusted for splits and dividend and/or capital gain distributions.

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The pros and cons of building your own home

Legal & General UCITS ETF Plc - L&G Europe Ex UK Equity UCITS ETF (LGEG.L)

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