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New-build sales, starts and completions
	January 1999	January 2000	% change
New-build average daily sales	520	519	0
New-build registrations	12 429	13 044	+5
New-build completions	11 586	11 897	+3
New-build registrations (excl housing associations)	11 111	12 114	+9
Source: NHBC

New-home buyer profile - February 2000
% of first-time buyers that bought new homes	9
% of former owner-occupiers that bought new homes	15
Average new-build price* (£)	89 744
Average new-build advance (£)	83 321
Average new-build advance as % of price**	75.1
New-build advance to income ratio	3.19
New-build price to income ratio	4.65
* Standardised price calculated from index (1983 = 100)
** Non-standardised
Source: Halifax