New home registration figures for the UK show there is still an urgent requirement for more homes, with statistics from NHBC’s latest figures revealing a 12 per cent decrease in the number of new homes registered so far in 2012 compared to the same period last year.
In total 89,600 new homes have been registered in the year to date, up to and including October 2012, compared to 101,600 for the same period last year.
The latest statistics follow the announcement at NHBC’s Annual Lunch last week by the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, where he vowed to provide increased support to the sector with a £225m funding boost, with an emphasis on establishing a new generation of locally-driven ‘garden cities’.
Commenting on the latest figures, Richard Tamayo, NHBC Commercial Director said: “Our figures show there remains a clear deficit in the number of new homes being built in the UK compared to last year. However, we are greatly encouraged by the Government’s recent commitment to back the industry and provide new funding, particularly to unlock almost 50,000 homes on stalled sites. It is an ambitious, but very necessary proposal and we look forward to seeing how it develops in the New Year.”
- Full regional breakdown of total new homes registered August- October 2012 by region/country:
| Region | August- October 2012 | August- October 2011 | |
| England – Regions | |||
| North East | 974 | 790 | |
| North West | 1,713 | 1,436 | |
| Merseyside | 314 | 431 | |
| Yorkshire & the Humber | 1,366 | 1,767 | |
| West Midlands | 2,294 | 2,367 | |
| East Midlands | 1,674 | 1,878 | |
| Eastern | 2,862 | 3,156 | |
| South West | 3,455 | 2,884 | |
| Greater London | 3,701 | 4,246 | |
| South East | 4,638 | 3,587 | |
| Totals for England | 22,991 | 22,542 | |
| Scotland – Councils | 1,980 | 2,250 | |
| Wales – Unitary Authorities | 1,041 | 1,042 | |
| Northern Ireland – Counties | 418 | 649 | |
| Isle of Man | 10 | 26 | |
| Totals for UK | 26,440 | 26,509 |
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