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Housing: Low Incomes

Volume 493: debated on Thursday 11 June 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what proportion of initial equity was purchased on average under the Social HomeBuy scheme in each of the last three years. (274849)

The following table shows the average equity value of properties purchased under Social HomeBuy schemes in England since 2006-07, when the Social HomeBuy scheme started.

Social HomeBuy

Average value of equity (£)

2006-07

132,630

2007-08

143,740

2008-09

127,480

Source:

Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) Investment Management System (IMS)

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what the average sale price of a property purchased under the (a) Social HomeBuy, (b) Right to Acquire and (c) Right to Buy scheme was in each year since 1997; (274865)

(2) what estimate he has made of the average monetary value of a domestic property in the social sector in each of the last five years.

The following table shows the average price of a property purchased under Social HomeBuy, Right to Acquire and Right to Buy in England, for each year since 1997-98.

£

Social HomeBuy

Right to Acquire

Local authority Right to Buy

Registered social landlord Right to Buy

1997-98

43,100

48,910

1998-99

45,490

51,110

1999-2000

48,950

53,050

2000-01

51,090

52,510

2001-02

47,190

53,520

50,780

2002-03

54,600

58,660

59,370

2003-04

65,540

66,840

58,630

2004-05

71,920

77,180

64,210

2005-06

83,230

83,470

72,160

2006-07

157,010

87,110

92,770

81,960

2007-08

155,860

108,100

103,470

89,750

Source:

PIB quarterly returns to CLG from local authorities, and Continuous Recording (CORE) returns from Registered Social Landlords to the Tenant Services Authority (TSA)

CLG does not collect information about average monetary values of social housing properties. The figures are for the average property price of social homes sold by social landlords under the Social HomeBuy, Right to Acquire and Right to Buy schemes in England.

These property price figures are based on the total property price, not the amount paid by the purchaser, who is entitled to a discount on the market value and may only be purchasing a share of the equity in the property.

The average property price is not shown for the Right to Acquire sales prior to 2001-02, due to a low number of sales in each year.

2008-09 figures are not yet available from CORE.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 8 May 2009, Official Report, columns 447-48W on housing: low incomes, what the average percentage equity stake purchased by a buyer has been in each year in which each of the schemes has been operational. (275561)

The following table shows the initial average percentage equity stake purchased by a buyer in each year since each scheme has been operational.

Percentage

Product

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

Social HomeBuy

85

89

84

Open Market HomeBuy

78

85

68

MyChoice HomeBuy

n/a

n/a

65

Own Home

n/a

n/a

65

First Time Buyers Initiative

53

53

56

Source:

Homes and Communities Agency’s Information Management System.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what amounts were transferred from one region to another with respect to the regional allocations for the National Affordable Housing Programme in each of the last three years. (275578)