"Figure 12: Percentage of property transactions that were for new and existing leasehold houses","" "England and Wales, North West region, years ending September 1996 to 2017","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "","New Houses (North West)","Existing Houses (North West)","New Houses (EW)","Existing Houses (EW)" "1996","29.03","29.95","6.5","7.28" "1997","28.13","29.14","6.1","7.06" "1998","28.05","29.13","5.83","7.34" "1999","30.5","28.85","5.67","7.27" "2000","30.89","28.6","6.11","7.49" "2001","33.14","29.04","6.46","7.51" "2002","33.15","29.37","6.73","7.63" "2003","36.45","29.93","7.29","7.99" "2004","36.00","30.28","7.22","7.89" "2005","42.04","30.82","8.06","7.84" "2006","47.39","29.67","8.65","7.24" "2007","54.48","29.59","9.85","7.32" "2008","61.87","29.96","10.90","7.53" "2009","61.31","27.47","9.73","6.27" "2010","62.75","27.27","10.01","5.94" "2011","61.88","26.73","9.52","5.94" "2012","56.98","26.42","9.04","5.53" "2013","58.82","26.52","9.69","5.59" "2014","58.43","26.83","9.84","5.77" "2015","61.08","27.43","11.44","6.01" "2016","67.96","28.5","14.49","6.39" "2017","69.81","28.5","15.58","6.71"