Registered social landlords (RSLs) are building an increasing amount of properties, it has been reported.

In research carried out by the Department of Communities and Local Government, it was indicated that the three months leading up until the end of September saw RSLs construct a total of 4,790 homes, in news that might interest those looking for jobs in housing.

Such a figure represents a 20 per cent increase on data recorded during the same period of time in 2007, however, it is 18 per cent below properties built over the course of the second quarter of this year.

Overall, RSLs were revealed to have outperformed the wider housebuilding sector as a total of 22,200 new homes were built in the third quarter of this year, the lowest figure recorded since the department began its research in 1980.

Margaret Beckett, minister for housing, said: "We have been clear about the scale of the challenge of our house-building targets in the current economic conditions, but now is not the time to row back on our long-term ambitions."

Findings by the department earlier this month revealed that there is a lower than average amount of social housing based in seaside towns.

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