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New-build sales, starts and completions
	January 1998	January 1999	% change
New- build average daily sales	554	520	6
New- build registrations	13 814	12 429	10
New- build completions	12 893	11 586	10
New- build registrations (excl housing associations)	12 063	11 111	8
Source: NHBC

New-home buyer profile - January 1999
% of first time buyers that bought new homes	10
% of former owner-occupiers that bought new homes	13
Average new-build price* (£)	74 583
Average new-build advance (£)	70 826
Average new-build advanceas % of price**	76.4
New-build advance to income ratio	3.04
New-build price to income ratio	4.38
*Standard price calculated from index (1983=100)
**Non-standardised
Source: Halifax