House Building: March Quarter 2010, England

Published	20 May 2010
Type(s)	Statistics
Site	Corporate
ISBN	9781409811930
Price	Free

Summary

The latest national statistics on house building were released under the auspices of the UK Statistics Authority on 20 .

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 January to March 2010 and update those previously released on 18th February 2010.

Key points from the latest release are:

There were 24,930 seasonally adjusted house building starts in England in the March quarter 2010. This is 13 per cent higher than in the previous quarter and 62 per cent above the trough in the March quarter 2009, but 49 per cent below their March quarter 2007 peak.
Private enterprise housing starts (seasonally adjusted) were 16 percent higher than in the December quarter 2009. By comparison starts by registered social landlord remained unchanged on the previous quarter.
Housing completions in England fell by six per cent to an estimated 26,090 (seasonally adjusted) in the March quarter 2010 compared to the previous quarter. This follows a seven per cent fall between the September 2009 and December 2009 quarters.
Private enterprise housing completions (seasonally adjusted) were eight per cent lower in the March quarter 2010 than the December quarter 2009; completions by registered social landlords rose by three per cent over the same period.
Annual housing completions in England totalled 113,420 in 2009-10, down by 15 per cent compared with the 2008-09 total.
The average energy efficiency (SAP rating) of new homes in England was 79.0 and in Wales 78.8 in the March quarter 2010. (The SAP rating is expressed on a scale of 1 to 100 - the higher the number, the lower the running costs).

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