Second charge mortgages grew by 24% in January

21st March 2025

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that second charge mortgage new business volumes grew by 24% in January.

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 “The second charge mortgage market made a positive start to 2025, with double-digit growth in new business by value and volume.

“The distribution of new business by purpose of loan in January 2025 showed that the proportion of new agreements which were for the consolidation of existing loans at 58.5%; for home improvements and the consolidation of existing loans at 23.0%; and for home improvements only at 12.2%.”

New second charge mortgage lending

Jan 2025 %

 change on prev. year

3 months to Jan 2025 % change on prev. year 12 months to Jan 2025 % change on prev. year
Value of new business (£m) 146 29 434 31 1,759 26
Number of new agreements (No.) 2,907 24 8,515 19 36,267 19