http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/10-000-homes-stand-Devon-Cornwall-Somerset/story-21176229-detail/story.html

… East Devon has 663 empty homes, up on the year by 152. …

One can only hope this is a typing error but the Express and Echo is usually reliable on such figures.  If it is correct (a) how shocking and (b) Cranbrook perchance?