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First Time Buyers

Asked by Jim ShannonDemocratic Unionist PartyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 9 July 2025UIN 64437

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the number of first-time buyers in each of the last five years.

Answered by Rushanara Ali

The Department does not hold official data on the total number of first-time buyers over the past five years and is therefore unable to provide an official estimate.

However, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes data on the number of first-time buyer mortgage sales by Local Authority across the UK, which can be found on gov.uk here. This data set does not include cash sales.

In addition, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) provides UK-wide totals for the same data, available here.

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