Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 102026
First Time Buyers
Tabled: 2 January 2026
Answered: 12 January 2026
Question
Blake Stephenson
Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of home purchasers who were first time buyers in each of the last five years.
Answer
Matthew PennycookMy 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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