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New build sales, starts and completions
	Feb-99	Feb-00	% change
New-build average daily sales	472	497	+5
New-build registrations	13 857	14 024	+1
New-build completions	10 068	11 490	+14
New-build registrations (excl housing associations)	12 392	12 488	+1
Source: NHBC

New-home buyer profile - March 2000
% of first-time buyers that bought new homes	9
% of former owner-occupiers that bought new homes	15
Average new-build price* (£)	86 072
Average new-build advance (£)	83 986
Average new-build advance as % of price**	75.5
New-build advance to income ratio	3.19
New-build price to income ratio	4.63
* Standardised price calculated from index (1983 = 100) ** Non-standardised
Source: Halifax