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New-build sales, starts and completions
	February 1998	February 1999	% change
New-build average daily sales	496	472	-5
New-build registrations	14 061	13 857	-1
New-build completions	9 865	10 068	+2
New-build registrations (excl housing associations)	12 432	12 392	0
Source: NHBC

New-home buyer profile – February 1999
% of first-time buyers that bought new homes	11
% of former owner-occupiers that bought new homes	17
Average new-build price* (£)	75 455
Average new-build advance (£)	72 028
Average new-build advance as % of price**	76.8
New-build advance to income ratio	3.08
New-build price to income ratio	4.32
* Standardised price calculated from index (1983 = 100)
** Non-standardised
Source: Halifax