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Merrett, Stephen.
Owner occupation in Britain.
Bibliography: p.
Includes indexes.
1. Home ownership - Great Britain. 2. Housing -
Great Britain. I. Gray, Fred. II. Title.
HD 7287. 82.G7M47 1982 333. 3 232 0941 82-12247
ISBN 0-7100-9280-6
ISBN 0-7100-9281-4 (pbk.)
FIGURES AND GRAPHS
Figures
2.1 A taxonomy of housing production
5.1 The net worth appropriated on the sale of an owner-occupied house
6.1 The building societies flow of funds
8.1 The forms of supply of dwellings for owner-occupation
10.1 The financial situation of the selling buyer
Graphs
1.1 Completed dwellings constructed for private owners in Great Britain 1923-40
1.2 Proportion of private dwellings in England and Wales built for rent 1933-9
2.1 Completed dwellings constructed for private owners in Great Britain 1940-51
3.1 Dwellings constructed for private owners in Great Britain 1951-70
4.1 The number of women aged 17-24 and the number of first marriages in England and Wales 1961-81
7.1 The number of local authority advances to private persons for house purchase in England and Wales 1970-80
11.1 Indices of the cost of housing construction and of home prices in 1969-80
16.1 Personal disposable income per capita in the UK at 1975 prices 1970-9
16.2 The access index 1969-81
16.3 Dwellings constructed for private owners in Great Britain 1970-80
TABLES
1.1 Local authority loans sanctioned for the erection or purchase of houses for owner-occupiers in England and Wales 1899-1939
1.2 Increase in private dwellings for sale and rental, and the increase in requirements in England and Wales October 1934 to March 1939 (thousands)
1.3 The size and growth of the housing stock and its distribution between tenures in England and Wales 1914-38 (millions)
3.1 The size and growth of the housing stock and its distribution between tenures in England and Wales 1938-60 (millions)
4.1 Population and households in Great Britain 1971-81 (millions)
4.2 Households in England and Wales by type of household and age of head of household in 1971 (percentages)
4.3 Households in England and Wales by type of household and tenure in 1971 (percentages)
4.4 Age and marital status of household heads in England by tenure in 1971 (percentages)
4.5 Estimated purchases of dwellings for owner-occupation in Great Britain in 1971 (thousands and percentages)
5.1 The evaluation of the relative financial advantage of home-ownership and rented accommodation
6.1 Net advances for house purchase in the UK by main institutional source 1970-80 (percentages)
6.2 Flow of funds to and from the building societies in Great Britain in 1978
6.3 Repayments of principal as a source of gross mortgage advances by building societies in the UK 1970-80
6.4 New mortgages by building societies to first-time buyers as a proportion of all new mortgages in the UK 1970-80 (percentages)
6.5 Average advance, price and cover ratio of dwellings purchased with a building society mortgage by first-time and selling buyers in the UK 1970-80
6.6 Building society mortgage advances on new and second-hand dwellings in the UK 1970-80
7.1 Characteristics of house purchases with local authority and building society mortgages in 1975
7.2 The proportion of households that own their dwelling grouped by gross weekly income in the UK in 1978
8.1 The sale of dwellings by local authorities and new towns in England and Wales 1939-80
8.2 The valuation, discount and initial payments made on dwellings disposed of by local authorities in England and Wales 1977-80
9.1 The sale to owner-occupiers of dwellings formerly privately rented or in miscellaneous tenures in England and Wales 1914-75
9.2 Lettings by type of landlord and by size of the landlords holding in densely rented areas of England and Wales in 1976 (percentages)
9.3 Lettings by type of landlord by the change to existing legislation which the landlord said would help him most (percentages)
10.1 The estimated stock supply by owner-occupier households in Great Britain in 1971
10.2 Tenure by age and marital status of household head in England in 1971 (percentages)
10.3 Main reasons for moves by selling buyers in England and Wales in 1971 and 1973 (percentages)
11.1 Value of output of the construction industry in Great Britain in 1980 at current prices
11.2 Distribution of number of private undertakings, employment and net output by firm size in the UK in 1978
11.3 Value of housing work done by private contractors in Great Britain by trade of firm in 1978 third quarter (m)
11.4 The distribution of active NHBC-registered companies by size category in Great Britain 1976-80
11.5 The distribution of private housing starts by size category of company in Great Britain 1976-80 (percentages)
11.6 Flats as a proportion of all dwellings completed for private owners and the size composition of house completions in England and Wales 1969-79
