Help to Buy - Wales (Shared Equity Loan Scheme): April 2019 to March 2020

Main points

• Between 2 January 2014 and 31 March 2020, 10,481 properties were purchased under the Help to Buy – Wales scheme.
•  76% of total purchases were completed by first time buyers.
• Over this period, the total value of equity loans was £399.1 million and the total value of properties purchased was £2,015.5 million.
• Completed purchases using the Help to Buy – Wales scheme in 2019-20 totalled 1,749.
• To date, the mean purchase price paid for all completed purchases was £192,296 whilst the median was lower at £185,995.
• During 2019-20, the mean purchase price paid was £209,162 and the median was £207,995.
• Since the start of the scheme to 31 March 2020, almost three quarters (74%) of all completed purchases have been by those with an average household income of between £20,000 and £50,000
• Over half (53%) of all purchases to date were of three bedroom properties and 46% were households with 2 adults and no children.

Note

The information is collected on behalf of the Welsh Government by Help to Buy (Wales) Ltd. Information at a local authority level is published on StatsWales.