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Summary

The latest national statistics on house building were released under the auspices of the UK Statistics Authority on 21 March 2009.

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 2009 and update those previously released on 19 February 2009.

Key points from the latest release are:

• There were an estimated 18,340 seasonally adjusted housing starts in England in the March quarter 2009, up 13 per cent on the previous quarter but 44 per cent lower than the March quarter 2008.
• Private enterprise housing starts (seasonally adjusted) were ten per cent higher than in the December quarter 2008, but 51 per cent lower than in the March quarter 2008.
• Housing starts by Registered Social Landlords (non-seasonally adjusted) rose by 5 per cent compared to the same period last year.
• Annual housing starts figures for England continued to decline. They totalled 90,430 in 2008-09, down 42 per cent compared with 2007-08 and 51 per cent below their 2005-06 peak.
• Housing completions in England fell by 4 per cent to an estimated 31,140 (seasonally adjusted) in the March quarter 2009 compared to the previous quarter. Compared with the March quarter 2008, completions were down by 23 per cent.
• Private enterprise housing completions (seasonally adjusted) were 1 per cent lower in the March quarter 2009 than the December quarter 2008, and 27 per cent lower than in the March quarter 2008.
• Annual housing completions in England totalled 133,710 in 2008-09, down by 20 per cent compared with 2007-08.

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• House Building: March Quarter 2009, England
  PDF, 223 kb , 11 pages
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• House Building Tables: March Quarter 2009, England and the regions, UK and constituent countries
  MS Excel, 430 kb , 15 pages
• Pre-release Access list: House Building
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Related publications

• House Building: December Quarter 2008, England

  • Published: 19 February 2009
  • Site: Corporate