30 September 2002
NORTHERN IRELAND HOUSING BULLETIN
The Northern Ireland Housing Bulletin, containing statistics for the period 1 April to 30 June 2002, will be published on 30 September 2002.
During the quarter ending 30 June 2002:
- the average selling price of NHBC-registered new houses sold was £93,000, an increase of £7,000 (8.1 %) on the same quarter in 2001.
- the average selling price of NHBC-registered new houses ranged from £59,000 in Strabane District Council to £197,300 in Castlereagh District Council (provisional figures).
- the average selling price of NHBC registered flats and maisonettes was £97,000, the same as that in the quarter ending June 2001.
- 447 actions for mortgage possession were recorded, an increase of 11.5% on the same period in 2001.
- detached houses represented 35% of all NHBC intended housing starts. The total number of NHBC starts recorded for this quarter (2,430) represented a decrease of 3.8% on the number of starts recorded for the same quarter last year.
- of the new dwellings actually started, 97.6% (3,425) were commissioned by the private sector. Total number of starts decreased from 3,847(R) for the quarter ending June 2001 to 3,510 for the quarter ending June 2002.
- Newry & Mourne was the district council area with the greatest number of new housing starts, namely 385. This represents an increase of 39.5 % on the same period last year.
- A total of 3,919 households presented as homeless to NIHE, with ‘Sharing Breakdown / 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 of the Department for Social Development. The Bulletin contains information on new house sales and prices, mortgage advances, 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)
- Details of all new housing starts for the private sector are supplied by the Building Control Offices for each of the 26 district council areas. Data for the social rented sector are provided by NIHE and the Housing Associations Branch of the Department for Social Development
- For the purposes of this bulletin, the terms ‘house’ and ‘dwelling’ are interchangeable and can be defined as ‘a self-contained unit of accommodation, having all amenities available to each household (own kitchen, bathroom, toilet) regardless of shared entrance).’ A ‘house’ or ‘dwelling’ will, therefore, comprise ‘either one self-contained household space or a number of non self-contained household spaces’.
- The bulletin is available on the Department for Social Development’s website at www.dsdni.gov.uk/statistics-research/introduction.asp
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E-mail: ann.trew@dsdni.gov.ukThe next edition of the Bulletin will be published in December 2002.
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