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First Time Buyers: Ground Rent

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 20 October 2025UIN 81151

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of first-time buyers in (a) Essex and (b) the UK unable to purchase homes due to ground rent escalator clauses.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

I refer the hon. Member to UIN 74455 on 15 September 2025.

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