The latest NHBC data to the end of July suggest number of new home starts will be 6% lower than in 2010.
Their figures show that there were 28,550 homes started in the UK in the three months from May to July 2011.
Although a slight improvement on the last report, it still represents an 11% decrease compared to the same period last year.
The NHBC report states that "activity in July fell back slightly from the levels seen in June with 8,800 starts and rolling 12 months statistics
show that there were 101,800 starts in the UK (compared to 108,350 for the preceding 12 month period)".