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Low-cost Initiative for First Time Buyers (LIFT) shared equity schemes: FOI release

Published
2023-11-16
Received
2023-09-06
Responded
2023-10-03
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Housing, Public sector
Exemptions
None detected

Information requested

How many first time buyers have successfully been supported by:

A) the Open Market Shared Equity scheme (OMSE), and

B) New Supply Shared Equity scheme (NSSE) scheme in the years 2020, 2021 and 2022.

You have also asked for the breakdown of how many first-time buyers have been successfully supported through each of the thirteen LIFT mortgage lenders in the most recent calendar years available (Bank of Scotland, Barclays Bank, Capital Credit Union, Halifax Building Society, Leeds Building Society, Lloyds Bank, Nationwide Building Society, Natwest Bank, Scottish Building Society, TSB Bank, and ScotWest Credit Union).

Response

The answer to your first question is detailed in the tables below:

A) OMSE

2020 2021 2022 FIRST TIME BUYER PURCHASES 660 1023 561

B) NSSE

2020 2021 2022 FIRST TIME BUYER PURCHASES 116 172 86

For your second question, the 13 mortgage lenders you list are only applicable to the OMSE scheme and that list is not exhaustive. There were other lenders used in the scheme however the below table outlines the number of first-time buyers who used one of the 13 lenders for their OMSE purchase:

LENDERS 2020 2021 2022 TOTAL Bank of Scotland 0 8 0 8 Barclays 5 33 23 61 Capital Credit Union 1 1 0 2 Halifax 49 284 67 400 Leeds 4 47 40 91 Lloyds 0 0 0 0 Nationwide 29 109 51 189 Natwest 71 372 275 718 Scottish Building Society 0 5 3 8 TSB 20 82 68 170 Scotwest Credit Union 0 1 0 1

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Contact Please quote the FOI reference Central Enquiry Unit Email: ceu@gov.scot Phone: 0300 244 4000 The Scottish Government St Andrews House Regent Road Edinburgh EH1 3DG

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