Homeowners in parts of northern England are more than twice as likely to be in mortgage arrears than those in the south, according to new analysis of Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) data by longer-term lender April Mortgages. The latest mortgage arrears data provided by the FCA shows that the North East (1.76%) has the highest…
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New Bank of England data shows that the value of outstanding mortgages in arrears hit £21.9 billion in the second quarter of this year. This marks a 32% increase on Q2 2023 and is the highest total since 2014. On a quarterly basis, the value of outstanding mortgage balances with arrears increased by 2.9% compared…
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New data from Pepper Advantage, has shown that the overall rate of mortgage arrears growth has dropped to only 1.1% in Quarter 2 (Q2) 2024. This marks the third consecutive quarterly decrease in the arrears growth rate across the company’s UK portfolio, which fell from 5.7% in Q4 2023 to 3.9% in Q1 2024. The…
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UK Finance research has found that homeowner mortgage in arrears of 2.5% or more rose by 3% in the first quarter (Q1)of 2024, compared to the previous quarter, showing that the debt pressure for many homeowners remains acute. However, the rise year on year is substantial – there were 96,580 homeowner mortgages in arrears of…
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The rate of mortgage arrears growth slowed to 3.9% in Quarter 1 from 5.7% in Quarter 4 2023, the lowest quarterly growth rate since the September 2022 when the combined effects of the cost-of-living crisis and the September 2022 Mini-Budget began to impact UK household budgets according to the latest data from Pepper Advantage. While…
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Missed payment rates among mortgage holders have returned to levels seen at the height of the cost of living crisis, Which?’s latest consumer insight tracker finds, as the Spring Budget leaves some feeling low about their future household finances. In the month (up until 8th March), 8.1 per cent of mortgage holders missed essential payments…
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Latest Bank of England figures show that the proportion of mortgages in arrears increased to its highest level since 2016 in the last three months of 2023. The share of outstanding mortgage balances in arrears rose to 1.23% in Q4 2023 from 1.12% in Q3. The value of these balances in arrears stood at £20.3…
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Latest UK Finance data has indicated that homeowner mortgages in arrears rose by 7 per cent (93,680) in the final quarter of 2023 compared to the previous quarter. Buy-to-let mortgages in arrears also increased 18 per cent to 13,570 compared to the previous quarter. 540 homeowner mortgaged properties were taken into possession in Q4, down…
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New research by Pepper Advantage showed a 29.5% annual jump in arrears across it’s 100,000+ residential mortgage portfolio in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2023, the figures were 5.7% higher than the previous quarter, to reach a new post-financial crisis high. The growth in the arrears rate follows successive increases in the percentage of mortgages…
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Latest Bank of England data has highlighted that mortgage defaults and missed payments on credit cards and loans both surged at the end of the year, and are expected to keep rising. Missed credit card and loan payments, as a percentage of balances, are higher than they have been for at least five years with…
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The proportion of mortgage balances in arrears increased to the highest level in six years in Q3, with Bank of England data showing that the proportion of total loan balances with arrears increased from 1.02% to 1.14%, quarter-on-quarter. This is the biggest proportion since Q2 2017. The latest statistics show that the value of outstanding…
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Latest figures from UK Finance have predicted that mortgage arrears as set to rise in 2024. The research also found that there has been an estimated 4,400 repossessions in 2023, noting that this was ‘an incredibly low number by historic comparisons.; It also highlighted that over 99% of the 10.8 million mortgages in the UK…
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UK Finance has released its latest mortgage arrears and possessions for Quarter 3 (Q3) with figures indicating that residential mortgage arrears have increased by 18% and buy-to-let mortgages in arrears also rising by 29%. The latest data shows that there were 87,930 homeowner mortgages in arrears in Q3 2023, seven per cent more than the…
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