House Building: December Quarter 2011, England

Published	16 February 2012
Type(s)	Statistics
Site	Corporate
ISBN	9781409833529
Price	Free

Summary

The latest national statistics on house building in England were released on 16 February 2012.

Statistics in this release present figures on new build housing starts and completions in England. Figures for the UK and constituent countries are also available in the accompanying tables.

The latest statistics report on the period October to December 2012 and update those previously released on 17 November 2011.

Key points from the latest release are:

Seasonally adjusted house building starts stood at 25,240 in the December quarter 2011. This is 6 per cent higher than in the September quarter 2011. It is 74 per cent above the trough in the March quarter 2009, but 48 per cent below the December quarter 2005 peak.
Private enterprise housing starts (seasonally adjusted) were 6 per cent above the September quarter 2011. Starts by housing associations were 1 per cent higher than the previous quarter.
Housing completions in England (seasonally adjusted) also increased this quarter, up 2 per cent from 26,180 in September quarter 2011 to 26,730 in the December quarter 2011.
Completions by housing associations (seasonally adjusted) increased by 12 per cent between the September quarter 2011 and December quarter 2011. However, private enterprise housing completions were 2 per cent lower in the December 2011 quarter than in the September 2011 quarter.
Annual housing starts reached 98,250 in the 12 months to December 2011, down by 4 per cent compared with the 12 months to December 2010. Annual housing completions in England totalled 109,020 in the 12 months to December 2011, an increase of 6 per cent compared with the 12 months to December 2010.

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