Vistry, one of the largest housebuilders in the UK in terms of number of homes built, said forward sales - a key industry measure which gauges near-term demand - was up 12.4% on prior year at 4.5 billion pounds ($5.75 billion).

($1 = 0.7828 pounds)

(Reporting by Aby Jose Koilparambil in Bengaluru and Suban Abdulla in London; Editing by Rashmi Aich)