Right to Buy Sales, October to December 2008

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

Claims

• During the October to December quarter 2008 there were 112 RTB claims.
• RTB claims decreased by 67 from the July to September 2008 figure of 179 and decreased by 238 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 32 completed RTB sales during the October to December quarter 2008. This was 11 less than the previous quarter and 165 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

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