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New build sales, starts and completions
	Jan 2000	Jan 2001	% change
New-build average daily sales	519	517	-0
New-build registrations	13 044	14 526	+11
New-build completions	11 886	11 447	-4
New-build registrations (excl housing associations)	12 114	13 223	+9
Source: NHBC

Buyer profile January 2000
% of first-time buyers that bought new homes	7
% of former owner-occupiers that bought new homes	14
*Standardised new-build price (£)**	92 150
Average new-build price (£)	130 158
Average new-build advance (£)	91 525
Average new-build advance as % of price	74.0
New-build advance to income ratio	3.10
New-build price to income ratio	4.56
* based on 1983 prices (when the average house cost £33 447)
Source: Halifax

Top 8 greenfield referrals called in (Jan-Dec 2000)
1	East Midlands (23)
2	South East (15)
3	North West (14)
4	East of England (13)
5	West Midlands (12)
6	South West (11)
7	Yorkshire & Humberside (7)
8	North East (5)
Source: Hansard 25/1/01 col.669W