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New-build sales, starts and completions
	March 1999	March 2000	% change
New-build average daily sales	454	545	+20
New-build registrations	20 161	16 359	-19
New-build completions	11 925	13 278	+11
New-build registrations (excl housing associations)	17 385	14 754	-15
Source: NHBC

New-home buyer profile – April 2000
% of first-time buyers that bought new homes	8
% of former owner-occupiers that bought new homes	14
Average new-build price* (£)	83 341
Average new-build advance (£)	86 358
Average new-build advance as % of price**	75.8
New-build advance to income ratio	3.18
New-build price to income ratio	4.52
* Standardised price calculated from index (1983 = 100)
** Non-standardised
Source: Halifax