According to latest figures from the National House-building Council this still leaves private registrations down 10% for the rolling quarter May to July 2012, compared to last year.
Public sector housing registrations remained depressed, down by 42%, dragging total registered starts down 21% May to July 2012 compared to last year.
Richard Tamayo, NHBC Commercial Director said: “July’s registration figures showed that the sector bounced back from a poor June. The sector continues to show a consistent pattern of decline compared to the same period in 2011.
“Next month’s anticipated announcement of the Coalition’s detailed plans to relax the rules that require private housebuilders to include substantial social housing in large projects will undoubtedly benefit the private sector.
“It may even result in some support for social housing volumes; a reduced social proportion of a viable site is better than a theoretically larger proportion on a site which is made unviable and therefore never developed at all.”