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Datafile
New-build sales, starts and completions
	August 1998	August 1999	% change
New-build average daily sales	531	563	6
New-build registrations	11 608	12 978	12
New-build completions	11 640	11 995	3
New-build registrations
(excl housing associations)	10 373	11 560	11
Source: NHBC

Datafile
New-home buyer profile - August 1999
% of first-time buyers that bought new homes	8
% of former owner-occupiers that bought new homes	12
Average new-build price* (£)	79 455
Average new-build advance (£)	78 377
Average new-build advance as % of price**	74.4
New-build advance to income ratio	3.11
New-build price to income ratio	4.62
* Standardised price calculated from index (1983 = 100) ** Non-standardised
Source: Halifax