Latest NHBC figures show that new home registrations in the UK in 2010 were - at 115,458 - 30% higher than 2009.
Figures for the final quarter of the year show private sector and public sector registrations up on the same period in 2009. In December, despite the snow, registrations hit 7,385, 3% up on 2009.
NHBC ceo Imtiaz Farookhi said: "No one is popping champagne corks but there is a growing belief that the worst is now behind us and we're on the road to recovery."
Source: Housebuilder
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Date Published: 28 January 2011