The data depicts the total number of first time buyers in the UK from 2005 until June 2017, including only the first half of the year for 2017. It can be seen that the number of first time buyers dropped by over 167 thousand between 2007 and 2008. The number of first time buyers in 2015 reached a value of 310 thousand. It decreased to 294.7 thousand in 2016.
2005 | 363800 |
2006 | 402800 |
2007 | 359900 |
2008 | 192300 |
2009 | 196700 |
2010 | 199400 |
2011 | 193700 |
2012 | 217900 |
2013 | 269800 |
2014 | 311700 |
2015 | 310000 |
2016 | 294700 |
H1 2017 | 162704 |