Latest house building statistics from National House Building Council (NHBC) reveal further indications of recovery throughout the UK.

During the three months from July to September 2009, NHBC received 24,136 applications to build new homes in the UK - an increase of 4% on the same period last year.


Some regions demonstrated particularly solid improvement in July - September 2009 compared with the same period last year, including both the North East (149%) and North West (37%). All four countries of the UK displayed signs of recovery.

Imtiaz Farookhi, NHBC Chief Executive, said: "It is reassuring that NHBC's figures show consistent improvement and that these positive signs extend across the UK. The sector has weathered the traditionally slow summer period, but we must now see out the autumn and hope that this confidence extends to the end of the year."

(CD/KMcA)