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Housing: Construction

Volume 462: debated on Monday 25 June 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what proportion of flat and house sales were for new build properties in each of the last five years. (143481)

The proportions of flat and house sales that were for new build properties for each of the last five years for England is presented in the table as follows. Data for 2006 are provisional.

Proportion of residential house price transactions that were new by dwelling type in England, 2002-06

2002

2003

2004

2005

12006

Flats

14.0

17.3

18.8

24.4

22.5

Houses

7.5

7.4

7.0

7.0

5.5

All sales

8.6

9.1

9.3

10.4

8.8

1provisional

Source:

HM Land Registry

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what proportion of the homes in the five eco villages will be (a) social housing, (b) shared ownership and (c) low cost housing. (143640)