The program had a total of 87,000 beneficiaries since its debut in 2009. Financing available for 2013 amounts to EUR572 million.
Some 6,000 financing requests worth EUR210 million have been submitted with the program since the beginning of the current year. In 2012, the program had 27,000 beneficiaries and financing requests amounted to EUR1.01 billion.
According to the guarantee fund, 51% of homes bought through the program are two-room apartments, 28% are three-room flats, 12% are studio flats and 9% are four-room apartments.
Some 70% of beneficiaries are aged between 25 and 35.
The “First Home” program was launched in 2009, providing state guarantees for mortgage loans up to EUR60,000, and, since 2010, up to EUR70,000 for homes not yet built and EUR75,000 each for new homes bought by persons organized in associations.