Annual housing starts in England dropped 9% over the year to September 2012, according to DCLG statistics. Private annual housebuilding starts slipped 5% to 80,040 over the period against the year to September 2011, with public housing starts down 23% to 16,810. This continues the trend of annual falls seen throughout the year. Quarter-on-quarter, (seasonally adjusted) total starts rose 18%. …