Almost 11,000 new homes have been registered in the West Midlands this year, with housebuilding on track to grow to its best levels since the recession.
There has been a 14 per cent rise in properties being built in the area in the first nine months of this year, according to the National House Building Council (NHBC).
In the year to the end of September, a total of 117,525 new-build homes were registered across the 海角视频, which was a nine per cent rise.
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NHBC chief executive Mike Quinton told the Press Association that, if current trends continued, the 海角视频 "may well get to 160,000 registrations this year".
This would be the highest total since 2007, he said, when just under 200,000 new homes were registered.
The annual total nearly halved a year later as the financial downturn took hold.
In recent years, the figure has been increasing and the NHBC registered around 146,000 new homes in 2014.
The NHBC said the recovery was widespread, with ten out of 12 regions across the 海角视频 seeing year-on-year growth in the number of new homes being registered.
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Looking to 2016, Mr Quinton said he expected the housebuilding recovery to continue amid growing industry and consumer confidence.
The body's registration figures are taken from builders who are responsible for around 80 per cent of homes constructed in the 海角视频.
Builders are required to register a house with the NHBC before starting work which means its figures represent homes that are to be built in the months ahead.
As the recovery continues, the NHBC said the industry still faced challenges from skills shortages and the availability of staff such as site managers.
The findings were released as new figures from the Land Registry showed house prices across England and Wales had increased by 5.3 per cent over the year to September, taking the average property value to £186,553.