Building Homes Datafile | Archive Titles

New build sales, starts and completions
	July 2000	July 2001	% change
New-build average daily sales	555	572	+3
New-build registrations	13 602	15 603	+15
New-build completions	12 040	13 759	+14
New-build registrations
(excl housing associations)	12 340	14 124	+14
Source: NHBC

Buyer profile July 2000
% of first-time buyers that bought new homes	7
% of former owner-occupiers that bought new homes	12
Standardised new-build price* (£)	96 941
Average new-build price (£)	140 174
Average new-build advance (£)	93 638
Average new-build advance as % of price	71.5
New-build advance to income ratio	3.16
New-build price to income ratio	4.84
* based on 1983 prices (when the average house cost £33 447)
Source: Halifax