Lending on shared ownership properties accounted for 33% of business at Cheshire Mortgage Corporation (CMC) in Q2 2009, up by 16% on the same period for 2008.
Alistair Darling has been accused of neglecting first time buyers in his first Budget.
The Government is expected to release a green paper today, which proposes allowing people to buy less than a fifth of a home to make it easier for first time buyers to get on the housing ladder.
The Conservative Party is considering the reintroduction of the right-to-buy scheme and widening of shared ownership for first-time buyers if elected into government.
The government yesterday announced its shared equity home ownership plans claiming it intends to give more people than ever the opportunity to buy their first property.