Help To Buy Supports Over 320,000 People In Buying Their Own Home

The government’s Help to Buy schemes have continued their success, supporting over 320,000 people across the UK to buy a home. Over 1 million Help to Buy: ISAs have now been opened by first time buyers, offering government bonuses of up to £3,000 towards the cost of a first home.

Statistics show that:

·         over 320,000 completions have taken place using one or more of the Help to Buy schemes

·         over 275,000 first time buyers are now on the housing ladder thanks to Help to Buy

·         the average house price across the schemes is £196,092, below the average UK house price

·         over 90% of completions across the Help to Buy schemes have taken place outside of London

Read more on the CLG website.