MHCLG have published Help to Buy (equity loan scheme) data to 31 March 2021. The data show:

• 15,341 properties were bought with an equity loan, an increase of 61 per cent from the same period in 2020.
• From 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2021, 328,506 properties were bought with an equity loan.
• The total value of these equity loans so far totals £20.1 billion.
• The value of the properties sold under the scheme totals £91.1 billion.
• 82 per cent of all completions are by first time buyers.

For the full data, click here.

For a press release marking the news that total loans had passed £20 billion, click here.