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New-build sales, starts and completions
	June 1999	June 2000	% change
New-build average daily sales	557	604	+8
New-build registrations	14 888	15 517	-0
New-build completions	14 703	14 631	+11
New-build registrations (excl housing associations)	12 890	14 371	+11
Source: NHBC

New-home buyer profile – June 2000
% of first-time buyers that bought new homes	7
% of former owner-occupiers that bought new homes	13
Average new-build price* (£)	91 187
Average new-build advance (£)	82 502
Average new-build advance as % of price**	76.9
New-build advance to income ratio	3.21
New-build price to income ratio	4.54
* Standardised price calculated from index (1983 = 100)
** Non-standardised
Source: Halifax