Building Homes Datafile | Archive Titles

New Build Sales, Starts and Completions
	April 2000	April 2001	% change
New-build average daily sales	567	527	-7
New-build registrations	11 670	11 511	-1
New-build completions	11 909	11 792	-1
New-build registrations (excl housing associations)	10 229	9933	-3
Source: NHBC

Buyer Profile April 2001
% of first-time buyers that bought new homes	7
% of former owner-occupiers that bought new homes	14
Standardised new-build price* (£)	92 337
Average new-build price (£)	138 982
Average new-build advance (£)	93 302
Average new-build advance as % of price	71.1
New-build advance to income ratio	3.09
New-build price to income ratio	4.76
*based on 1983 prices (when the average house cost £33 447
Source: Halifax