First-time buyers and everyone else

What the first rung costs, against what the people already on it pay.

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first-time buyer2022-06492,398GBP
first-time buyer2022-07493,943GBP
first-time buyer2022-08498,292GBP
first-time buyer2022-09496,804GBP
first-time buyer2022-10492,934GBP
first-time buyer2022-11493,730GBP
first-time buyer2022-12491,626GBP
first-time buyer2023-01489,376GBP
first-time buyer2023-02483,789GBP
first-time buyer2023-03477,237GBP
first-time buyer2023-04478,120GBP
first-time buyer2023-05476,431GBP
first-time buyer2023-06476,541GBP
first-time buyer2023-07479,112GBP
first-time buyer2023-08479,379GBP
first-time buyer2023-09485,254GBP
first-time buyer2023-10476,257GBP
first-time buyer2023-11469,997GBP
first-time buyer2023-12472,159GBP
first-time buyer2024-01472,823GBP
first-time buyer2024-02469,360GBP
first-time buyer2024-03470,846GBP
first-time buyer2024-04470,404GBP
first-time buyer2024-05475,716GBP
first-time buyer2024-06478,986GBP
first-time buyer2024-07477,503GBP
first-time buyer2024-08486,352GBP
first-time buyer2024-09485,254GBP
first-time buyer2024-10481,246GBP
first-time buyer2024-11480,145GBP
first-time buyer2024-12478,183GBP
first-time buyer2025-01482,860GBP
first-time buyer2025-02481,070GBP
first-time buyer2025-03477,826GBP
first-time buyer2025-04480,377GBP
first-time buyer2025-05482,768GBP
first-time buyer2025-06485,283GBP
first-time buyer2025-07486,457GBP
first-time buyer2025-08485,343GBP
first-time buyer2025-09483,378GBP
first-time buyer2025-10476,355GBP
first-time buyer2025-11476,145GBP
first-time buyer2025-12467,199GBP
first-time buyer2026-01471,090GBP
first-time buyer2026-02465,699GBP
first-time buyer2026-03465,411GBP
first-time buyer2026-04470,253GBP
first-time buyer2026-05467,820GBP
first-time buyer2026-06469,374GBP
first-time buyer2026-07466,851GBP
former owner-occupier2022-06709,172GBP
former owner-occupier2022-07714,120GBP
former owner-occupier2022-08722,998GBP
former owner-occupier2022-09720,176GBP
former owner-occupier2022-10712,297GBP
former owner-occupier2022-11715,028GBP
former owner-occupier2022-12710,306GBP
former owner-occupier2023-01709,932GBP
former owner-occupier2023-02700,397GBP
former owner-occupier2023-03688,281GBP
former owner-occupier2023-04691,826GBP
former owner-occupier2023-05688,547GBP
former owner-occupier2023-06691,944GBP
former owner-occupier2023-07697,468GBP
former owner-occupier2023-08699,710GBP
former owner-occupier2023-09702,873GBP
former owner-occupier2023-10689,570GBP
former owner-occupier2023-11680,300GBP
former owner-occupier2023-12679,942GBP
former owner-occupier2024-01684,528GBP
former owner-occupier2024-02677,037GBP
former owner-occupier2024-03677,539GBP
former owner-occupier2024-04681,606GBP
former owner-occupier2024-05686,047GBP
former owner-occupier2024-06689,107GBP
former owner-occupier2024-07695,211GBP
former owner-occupier2024-08704,895GBP
former owner-occupier2024-09706,485GBP
former owner-occupier2024-10696,708GBP
former owner-occupier2024-11696,028GBP
former owner-occupier2024-12690,881GBP
former owner-occupier2025-01702,313GBP
former owner-occupier2025-02697,431GBP
former owner-occupier2025-03681,452GBP
former owner-occupier2025-04710,419GBP
former owner-occupier2025-05707,920GBP
former owner-occupier2025-06710,285GBP
former owner-occupier2025-07709,944GBP
former owner-occupier2025-08710,178GBP
former owner-occupier2025-09708,884GBP
former owner-occupier2025-10697,346GBP
former owner-occupier2025-11700,697GBP
former owner-occupier2025-12689,491GBP
former owner-occupier2026-01696,488GBP
former owner-occupier2026-02685,712GBP
former owner-occupier2026-03687,996GBP
former owner-occupier2026-04695,233GBP
former owner-occupier2026-05687,274GBP
former owner-occupier2026-06691,588GBP
former owner-occupier2026-07693,923GBP

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Methodology

Average London price paid by first-time buyers against former owner-occupiers, monthly since 1995, from the UK House Price Index. The gap is not the cost of moving up — it is the difference in what each group buys.

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