Second charge mortgage market reports volumes up by 15% in June

Commenting on the latest new business figures for the second charge mortgage market, Fiona Hoyle, Head of Consumer and Mortgage Finance at the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA), said:

 “The second charge mortgage market reported new business volumes of more than 13,300 agreements in the first six months of 2019, the strongest first half-year performance in more than a decade.  

 “Consumers are finding second charge mortgages to be a useful product that supports the current trend of improving rather than moving.”

 Table 1: New second charge mortgage lending

 Note to editors:

1. FLA members in the consumer finance sector include banks, credit card providers, store card providers, second-charge mortgage lenders, motor finance providers, personal loan and instalment credit providers.
2. In 2018, FLA members provided £136 billion of new finance to UK businesses and households. £103 billion of this was in the form of consumer credit, representing over a third of total new consumer credit written in the UK in 2018.
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