Annual housebuilding starts in England in 2012 totalled 98,280, an 11% drop against the previous year, according to the latest data from the Department for Communities and Local Government. Private starts over the 12-month period to December 2012 fell 8% to 79,700 against the equivalent period in 2011, whilst public housing starts dropped 23% to 17,130. Meanwhile, completions year-on-year rose …