New figures released by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that second charge mortgage new business volumes grew by 32% in October 2024
Commenting on the latest new business figures for the second charge mortgage market, Fiona Hoyle, Director of Consumer & Mortgage Finance and Inclusion at the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA), said “Housing market activity has begun to pick up since the Bank of England started to cut Bank Rate in the second half of this year. In October, the second charge mortgage reported further strong new business growth by both value and volume compared with the same month in 2023. In the ten months to October 2024, new business volumes were 17% higher than in the same period in 2023.
“The distribution of new business by purpose of loan in October showed that the proportion of new agreements which were for the consolidation of existing loans was 58.4%; for home improvements and the consolidation of existing loans was 23.3%; and for home improvements only was 12.4%.”
New second charge mortgage lending
| Oct 2024 | %
change on prev. year |
3 months to Oct 2024 | % change on prev. year | 12 months to Oct 2024 | % change on prev. year | |
| Value of new business (£m) | 169 | 39 | 469 | 34 | 1,656 | 19 |
| Number of new agreements (No.) | 3,478 | 32 | 9,732 | 25 | 34,910 | 14 |
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