The DTLR provisionally estimates that 15,700 dwellings were started in England, Scotland and Wales in September, compared with 14,200 in September 2000.
Completions numbered 13,700 compared with 13,300 the previous year.
In the latest three months, 47,400 dwellings were started,
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