b'Figure 2: Proportion of buyers purchasing an initial share of 60%+ by region (2014-15 to 2018-19) 25%20%15%10%5%0%North Yorkshire North East East West East of South East London South TotalWest & Humber Midlands Midlands England West Source: CORE sales 2014-2019 Length of lease, rents and service charges Length of lease The survey asked about the average length of lease at the point of initial sale. The large majority (15 of the 19 associations which answer this question) used a lease of 125, with two using 99 years, one using 250 years, and one using 999 years. Ground rents The survey asked the average ground rent on shared ownership properties. Sixteen housing associations answered this question of whom 13 indicated that their ground rents were zero. The other three had average annual ground rents of 59, 200 and 2,340 respectively. 1Service charges The survey asked about the average annual service charge on shared ownership properties. Fourteen housing associations answered this question, one of which said their average service charge was zero. The other answers ranged from 35 to 1,500 per year, with an average of 595 per year (average of averages).1This ground rent was from a small and unusual housing association, and is believed to be atypical.9'