Some of its key findings with year-on comparisons include:
The average selling price of NHBC-registered new houses sold during the quarter was £214,000, an increase of £67,000 (45.6%) on the same quarter in 2006.
The average selling price of NHBC-registered new houses ranged from £144,100 in Omagh District Council to £364,800 in North Down Borough Council according to provisional figures.
The average intended selling price of NHBC-registered flats and maisonettes was £172,000, £41,000 (31.3%) higher than the quarter ending June 2006.
Detached houses represented 23% of all NHBC intended housing starts. The total number of NHBC starts recorded for this quarter (2,224) represented an increase of 0.7% on the same quarter in 2006.
A total of 4,924 households presented as homeless to the Housing Executive with ‘Sharing Breakdown or Family Dispute’ being the most common reason cited.
Notes to Editors:
- The Northern Ireland Housing Bulletin is produced each quarter by the Statistics and Research Branch (Core) of the Department for Social Development. It contains information on new house sales and prices, actions for mortgage possession and new housing starts. Provisional and revised figures are indicated by (P) and (R) respectively.
- Data for new house sales and price are derived from transactions for new private sector and Housing Associations dwellings notified by solicitors to the National House Building Council (NHBC), Buildmark House, Chiltern Avenue, Amersham, Bucks, HP6 5AP,Tel: 0870 241 4302, http://www.nhbc.co.uk
- Details of housing starts for the private sector are supplied by Building Control Offices, district councils and for the social rented sector by NIHE and the Housing Associations Branch of the Department for Social Development.
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