New housing starts plummeted 65% from January 2008 to January 2009, according to National Home Building Council (NHBC) research. NHBC’s housing statistics revealed that 4,116 new homes were started in the UK in January this year, against January 2008’s 11,826. New home completions were down 37% over the same time period, falling from 9,048 to 5,667. The number of homes …