Building Homes Datafile | Archive Titles

New build sales, starts and completions
	June 2000	June 2001	% change
New-build average daily sales	604	600	-1
New-build registrations	15 521	12 748	-18
New-build completions	14 631	13 432	-8
New-build registrations (excl housing associations)	14 375	11 609	-19
Source: NHBC

Buyer profile June 2000
% of first-time buyers that bought new homes	7
% of former owner-occupiers that bought new homes	13
Standardised new-build price* (£)	97 682
Average new-build price (£)	142 538
Average new-build advance (£)	96 542
Average new-build advance as % of price	71.6
New-build advance to income ratio	3.17
New-build price to income ratio	4.88
* based on 1983 prices (when the average house cost £33 447)
Source: Halifax