18 December 2019
Commenting on the October 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 has reported strong new business growth in 2019, with volumes likely to reach over 28,000 in the year as a whole. The market is expected to continue to grow in 2020 but at a slower pace than in 2019.
Table 1: New second charge mortgage lending
|
Oct 2019 |
% change on prev. year |
3 months to Oct 2019 |
% change on prev. year |
12 months to Oct 2019 |
% change on prev. year |
Value of new business (£m) |
118 |
+14 |
325 |
+14 |
1,221 |
+17 |
Number of new agreements (No.) |
2,658 |
+15 |
7,356 |
+15 |
27,431 |
+20 |
Note to editors:
- 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.
- 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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