The number of new homes in England has increased by 10% over the past year.

The government has now delivered over half a million additional new homes since 2010.

It comes as the numbers of first-time buyers remain at their highest level since 2007, while new figures show the numbers of repossessions are now at their lowest since records began in 2008.


The vast majority of the new homes delivered over the past 12 months have been newly-built, and it means that since 2010 the government has delivered a net increase of over 530,000 new additional homes across England.

Housing Minister Brandon Lewis said: "I'm determined that we do all we can to get the country building and help hard-working people into home ownership.

"Today's figures show how our efforts are delivering real results, with the net supply of new homes up 10% over the past year and over half a million new homes delivered since 2010."

(CD/JP)