§ Mr. James Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the latest figures for home prices, new and old; and what are the comparative figures for June 1970.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellThe best information available to me indicates that the average price of a new house mortgaged by a building society in Scotland in the first half of 1973 was £7,843 and of an existing house £7,830. As my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Development informed the hon. Member on 2nd May, the figures for the second half of 1970 were £5,504 and £4,962 respectively.—[Vol. 855, c. 1234–6.]
§ Mr. John Smithasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the average price of a new house in the private sector in Scotland in (a) June 1970 and (b) at the nearest convenient date.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellOn the basis of the Building Societies Association's 127W 5 per cent. sample survey, £5,355 for the first half of 1970, and £7,843 for the first half of 1973.