{"id":164203,"date":"2026-07-28T14:36:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T13:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=164203"},"modified":"2026-07-28T14:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T13:36:13","slug":"new-home-registrations-fall-again-in-q2-developers-slow-house-building-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/new-home-registrations-fall-again-in-q2-developers-slow-house-building-activity\/164203\/","title":{"rendered":"New home registrations fall again in Q2 as developers slow house-building activity"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhbc.co.uk\/kontentdocuments\/9fb2f46b-51a9-4bbc-b3cb-3346ef5c457c\/NHBC%20new%20home%20statistics%20review%20Q2%202026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Figures released today<\/a> by the National House Building Council (NHBC) show 29,162 new homes were registered to be built in Q2 2026, down 4% on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/rise-new-home-registrations-q2-reports-nhbc\/153753\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Q2 2025<\/a> (30,259)<\/h2>\n<p>In a quarter marked by mounting cost pressures and geopolitical uncertainty, private sector registrations fell 5% to 19,045, compared to 20,097 in Q2 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Registrations in the rental and affordable sector were broadly unchanged from the second quarter of 2025, with 10,117 new homes registered compared with 10,162 a year earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Pearce, chief strategy officer at NHBC, explains: \u201cElevated interest rates, geopolitical volatility and rising costs combined with affordability pressures impacting consumer demand meant that many house builders slowed their build programmes in the second quarter.<\/p>\n<h3>New home registrations increase in London, but this doesn\u2019t mean numbers are on the up<\/h3>\n<p>Across the UK, 6 out of 12 regions saw a decline in registrations in Q2 2026 compared to Q2 2025, with the biggest decreases in the South West (-42%), East Midlands (-36%) and Wales (-34%).<\/p>\n<p>London saw the greatest rise (+170%), with the North West (+37%), East of England (+15%), South East (+12%), West Midlands (+7%) and Scotland (+6%) also experiencing an uplift.<\/p>\n<p>An increase in London registrations may offer some encouragement for the capital&#8217;s house-building market, but Pearce warned: \u201cRegistration volumes in London are often more volatile than elsewhere in the country, with large developments frequently registered over short periods rather than evenly throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis reflects the prevalence of large, high-density schemes, which typically involve longer planning and delivery timelines before substantial volumes of units are brought forward and registered, creating more pronounced peaks of activity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cThe next two quarters of NHBC data should provide a clearer indication of whether this upward trend for London is sustained.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>New council house building programme will be crucial to housing supply<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cWhile the decline in new home registrations will come as little surprise, we welcome the commitment from new prime minister Andy Burnham to roll out the most ambitious council house-building programme since the post-war era; 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