Official Statistics

Right to Buy sales in England: July to September 2014

Official statistics on the number of sales of dwellings under the Right to Buy scheme.

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021)
• Published: 20 November 2014

Applies to England

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Right to Buy sales in England: July to September 2014

Ref: ISBN 978-1-4098-4390-0

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This statistical release presents official statistics on the number of sales of dwellings under the Right to Buy scheme, as well as providing statistics on receipts resulting from those sales, and starts on site as part of the one-for-one replacements. The Right to Buy scheme allows some social housing tenants to buy their house at a reduced price and has been in place since 1980.

These statistics relate only to sales by local authorities under the Right to Buy scheme, excluding sales by registered providers under preserved Right to Buy. Figures are collected from local authority returns to the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Main points from the latest release are:

Sales

• in 2014 to 2015 - July to September (quarter 2), local authorities sold an estimated 2,845 dwellings under the Right to Buy scheme; this is virtually unchanged from the 2,846 sold in the same quarter of 2013 to 2014
• local authorities in London accounted for 32% of sales in 2014 to 2015 quarter 2; this is the second highest percentage recorded since quarterly statistics became available in 2006 to 2007 quarter 1 (the highest was in the previous quarter)

Receipts and starts on site

• in 2014 to 2015 quarter 2 local authorities received approximately £210 million from Right to Buy sales, 17% higher than the £180 million in the same quarter of 2013 to 2014
• the average receipt per dwelling in 2014 to 2015 quarter 2 was £74,000, this compares to £63,000 in the same quarter of 2013 to 2014
• there were 930 dwellings started on site or were acquired in 2014 to 2015 quarter 2, 9% greater than the 851 starts on site recorded in the same quarter of 2013 to 2014

Published 20 November 2014