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| Planning approvals | |
| Northern Ireland | 29 |
| North | 116 |
| North-west | 539 |
| Wales | 101 |
| West Midlands | 192 |
| South-west | 351 |
| Scotland | 378 |
| Yorks/Humbs | 762 |
| East Midlands | 105 |
| East Anglia | 97 |
| London | 240 |
| South-east | 929 |
| Total number of units by private housebuilders and housing associations approved in February 2004. | |
| Top housing association approvals Feb 04 | ||
| Applications approved | Number of units | |
| Hillcrest | 1 | 47 |
| Roseberry | 1 | 42 |
| Lochaber | 1 | 34 |
| Habinteg | 1 | 29 |
| Equity | 1 | 26 |
| Albyn Housing Society | 2 | 25 |
| The Port Of Leith | 1 | 20 |
| Clwyd Alyn | 1 | 20 |
| Castle Rock | 1 | 16 |
| Beth Johnson | 1 | 12 |
| Includes all planning applications for houses, bungalows and chalets, apartments and flats, 10 units and above, within the UK. Refurbishment schemes are excluded. | ||
| Top private housebuilder approvals Feb 04 | ||
| Applications approved | Number of units | |
| George Wimpey | 6 | 379 |
| The Berkeley Group | 1 | 317 |
| Barratt Developments | 4 | 235 |
| Taylor Woodrow | 1 | 107 |
| Crest Nicholson | 1 | 91 |
| Bellway | 1 | 77 |
| Bloor Holdings | 1 | 76 |
| Orion Homes Limited | 1 | 61 |
| Banner Homes Group Plc | 1 | 59 |
| Fairview New Homes Ltd | 1 | 40 |
| New-build completions | |
| Northern Ireland | 776 |
| North-west | 920 |
| Merseyside | 250 |
| Wales | 500 |
| West Midlands | 1171 |
| South-west | 999 |
| Scotland | 1335 |
| North-east | 402 |
| Yorks/Humbs | 1044 |
| East Midlands | 889 |
| East Anglia | 1153 |
| London | 1119 |
| South-east | 1552 |
| New-build Sales, registrations and completions | ||
| Feb 2004 | Feb 2003 | |
| average daily sales | 546 | 481 |
| private registrations | 13,919 | 13,451 |
| private completions | 9915 | 12,604 |
| housing association registrations | 1710 | 1705 |
| housing association completions | 1860 | 1409 |
| Buyer Demand | ||
| North | £166,355 | Change in 3 months –7.5% |
| North-west | £170,814 | Change in 3 months –4.7% |
| West Midlands | £189,002 | Change in 3 months –5.7% |
| Wales | £172,908 | Change in 3 months –3.7% |
| South-west | £217,583 | Change in 3 months –4.0% |
| Yorks/Humbs | £172,756 | Change in 3 months –3.2% |
| East Midlands | £179,601 | Change in 3 months –4.5% |
| East Anglia | £203,834 | Change in 3 months 0.8% |
| Greater London | £252,688 | Change in 3 months –14.7% |
| South-east | £250,771 | Change in 3 months –4.1% |
| Demand price by property type | ||
| Demand price | % change | |
| February 03-February 04 | ||
| Detached | £268,455 | 7.8 |
| Semi-detached | £158,379 | 9 |
| Terraced | £162,465 | 11.4 |
| Apartment | £165,646 | –0.9 |
| Penthouse | £281,519 | 18.2 |
| Migration monitor | |||
| Nov 03* | Jan 04 | Feb 04 (%) | |
| North | 0.99 | 0.75 | 0.77 |
| North West | 0.68 | 0.32 | 0.10 |
| Yorks&Humberside | 1.96 | 1.29 | 1.60 |
| Wales | 1.02 | 1.62 | 1.09 |
| West Midlands | –1.4 | –1 | –0.76 |
| East Midlands | 0.92 | 1.78 | 1.48 |
| East Anglia | 0.80 | 1.1 | 1.03 |
| South West | 2.54 | 1.98 | 2.28 |
| South East | –3.12 | –2.9 | –1.98 |
| Greater London | –6.75 | –6.91 | –6.64 |
| *Adjusted | |||