Annual registrations last year were the highest since 2007, according to NHBC’s latest figures. The number of new homes registered to be built in 2017 increased 6% against 2016 to 160,606 homes, NHBC said. Of these, 118,825 were for private new homes, up 3%. Registrations for the affordable sector grew 14% to 41,781, the increase driven by a rise in …