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New-build sales, starts and completions
	Sept-1998	Sept-1999	% change
New-build average daily sales	537	567	+6
New-build registrations	13 017	12 825	-1
New-build completions	13 852	12 445	-10
New-build registrations (excl housing associations)	11 817	11 385	-4
Source: NHBC

New-home buyer profile – September 1999
% of first-time buyers that bought new homes	8
% of former owner-occupiers that bought new homes	13
Average new-build price* (£)	84 734
Average new-build advance (£)	79 128
Average new-build advance as % of price**	73.7
New-build advance to income ratio	3.10
New-build price to income ratio	4.58
* Standardised price calculated from index (1983 = 100)
** Non-standardised
Source: Halifax