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First Time Buyers

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.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
15 Oct 2025
Target answer date
20 Oct 2025
Answer
24 Oct 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    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.

  2. 20 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 24 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    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...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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