§ Mr. Onslowasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many homes were bought by first-time buyers in each of the latest three years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergI regret that information is not available for all first-time home buyers. The numbers of building society mortgages advanced to first-time purchasers in the United Kingdom in each of the last three financial years were as follows:
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1977–8 385 Thousand (48% of all building society mortgages)
1978–9 365 Thousand (47.3% of all building society mortgages) 1979–80 315 Thousand (45.2% of all building society mortgages)