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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