Right to Buy Sales, July to September 2008

Statistics on the number of right to buy sales of Local Authority (LA) dwellings completed in Wales include data for the quarter July to September 2008.  The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 17 September 2008.

Claims

• During the July to September quarter 2008 there were 179 RTB claims.
• RTB claims decreased by 14 from the April to June 2008 figure of 193 and decreased by 452 from the same quarter the previous year.
• There were a total of 2,277 RTB claims during 2007-08 which was 2,745 (55 per cent) less than during 2006-07.

Completed sales

• There were 43 completed RTB sales during the July to September quarter 2008. This was 25 less than the previous quarter and 201 less than the same quarter the previous year.
• Overall there were 819 completed RTB sales during 2007-08, which was 429 (34 per cent) less than during 2006-07.
• On average only around 57 per cent of claims ever reach the completed sales stage.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5055
E-mail: stats.housing@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

March 2009 (provisional - to be confirmed on the 'Due Out Soon' page)