Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 82420

First Time Buyers

Tabled: 15 October 2025
Answered: 24 October 2025

Question

Andrew Lewin

LabourWelwyn Hatfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many first time buyers there were in (a) 2023, (b) 2024 and (c) 2025; and what proportion of those bought through shared ownership schemes.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
My Department does not collect data on the number of first-time buyers.The Office for National Statistics publishes data on first-time buyer mortgage sales by local authority in the UK. They can be found on its website here. Data covers the period between...

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