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New-build sales, starts and completions
	July 1999	July 2000	% change
New-build average daily sales	535	555	+4
New-build registrations	13 734	13 602	-1
New-build completions	14 720	12 055	-18
New-build registrations (excl housing associations)	12 107	12 340	+2
Source: NHBC

New-home buyer profile – August 2000
% of first-time buyers that bought new homes	5
% of former owner-occupiers that bought new homes	13
Average new-build price* (£)	97 244
Average new-build advance (£)	88 943
Average new-build advance as % of price**	75.1
New-build advance to income ratio	3.16
New-build price to income ratio	4.56
* Standardised price calculated from index (1983 = 100)
** Non-standardised
Source: Halifax