Second charge mortgage new business volumes up by 14% in November 2019

28 January 2020

Commenting on the November 2019 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 a fifteenth consecutive month of double-digit new business volumes growth in November. The average value of second charge mortgages in November grew by 3% compared with the same month in 2018 to £44,530.”

Table 1: New second charge mortgage lending

 

Nov 2019

% change on prev. year

3 months to Nov 2019

% change on prev. year

12 months to Nov 2019

% change on prev. year

Value of new business (£m)

116

17

338

16

1,238

16

Number of new agreements (No.)

2,594

14

7,607

16

27,747

19

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.
  3. For media enquiries, please contact the FLA press office on 020 7420 9656.

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