According to statistics from the National House Building Council, there were 12,181 new home registrations in February 2016.
It comes on the back of previous findings showing a year-on-year rise in the number of properties registered.
Between January 2015 and January 2016, there was a 7% increase in registrations, the figures show.
This breaks down to 7,885 homes registered by private-sector builders and 2,424 registered by public-sector bodies in January 2016.
January 2015, meanwhile, saw 8,784 private-sector registrations and 2,562 from the public sector.
House-builders have also performed strongly in terms of new home completions, according to the figures.
In the rolling quarter – between November 2015 and January 2016 – completions shot up by 10% compared to the same period 12 months ago.
Completions rose from 30,155 to hit 33,182 in 2016, an increase that has been attributed to strong registration growth in 2015.
In a £2.7 million initiative launched together with the Home Builders Federation, CITB is to help fund the training of more than 45,000 new house-building workers by 2019.
Speaking after the release of the figures for February, Mike Quinton, chief executive of the NHBC, said that even though they represented a slight dip, confidence among house-builders remains high.
He said: “We saw continued growth in new home registrations throughout 2015. Whilst the January figures indicate a slower start to 2016, industry confidence remains high, with last year’s growth reflected in the increase in new home completions in the past three months.
“There’s no doubt that house-builders are extremely active and are optimistic about future growth. With many ambitious build programmes under way, it is clear the industry is committed to delivering the high-quality new homes the country needs.”