First Time Buyers: Age

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the mean age of a first-time buyer was in each year since 1997. (155857)

The mean age of a first-time buyer is not collected. The average age of a first-time buyer in the UK is available on the Council of Mortgage Lenders website at http://www.cml. org.uk/cml/filegrab/2ML2.xls?ref=4624

These figures are also presented in the following table.

*Median age of first-time buyers, UK*
	Median age
1997	29
1998	29
1999	30
2000	30
2001	30
2002	31
2003	31
2004	31
2005	30
2006	29
Source: CML.

Volume 464: debated on Monday 8 October 2007