The Government's latest housebuilding statistics show that the amount of new starts between July and September rose by 18% over the previous quarter.
However, the amount of completions dropped by 7% in the same period, to 27,060.
There were a total of 27,760 starts in the last quarter. Starts by housing associations rose 23%, whilst private enterprise starts were up 15%.
The figures show that starts are now 52% above the first quarter of 2009 but 45% below the last quarter of 2005. Comple...
