This included 201 homes reservations under the NewBuy scheme, accounting for around one-third of overall industry reservations.
Having completed the roll-out of new house types last year, average selling price on private completions rose £4,000 to £188,000, reflecting a higher quality product mix in terms of both size and location.
Taylor Wimpey’s order book grew to £960m, up from £932m a year earlier and representing 5,720 homes.
This amounted an 18% increase in the private order book, more than offsetting a decline in affordable homes orders.
“Trading in recent weeks has continued to be stable, in spite of the ongoing uncertainty in the wider economy.
“Assuming that current stable market conditions persist, we expect to continue to achieve improved performance period on period and to deliver full year returns in 2012 that are in line with our expectations.”