HC Deb 19 July 1966 vol 732 c48W
71. Mr. Eyre

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government by how much the average price of new houses rose in England and Wales in the first quarter of 1966.

Mr. Mellish

The average price of new dwellings mortgaged by private owners with building societies was somewhat less than 2 per cent. higher in the first quarter of 1966 than in the fourth quarter of 1965. The costs of local authority 2 storey 3 bedroom houses rose by 2.7 per cent.