Finance & Leasing Association12 February 2015
Figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that the number of second charge mortgage repossessions was 447 in 2014, the lowest level for at least 6 years. In the final quarter of 2014, the number of repossessions was 79, down 35.8% compared with the same quarter in 2013.
Commenting on the figures, Fiona Hoyle, Head of Consumer Finance at the FLA, said:
“The continued fall in repossessions is due in no small part to the commitment of second charge mortgage lenders to helping customers deal with financial difficulty.”
The number of actual properties taken into possession by FLA second charge mortgage providers1
| Time period |
Number of possessions in the quarter
|
% change on the same quarter in the previous year |
Annual total |
% change on the previous year |
| 2008 Total
2009 Total
Q1 2010 Q2 2010 Q3 2010 Q4 2010
Q1 2011 Q2 2011 Q3 2011 Q4 2011
Q1 2012 Q2 2012 Q3 2012 Q4 2012
Q1 2013 Q2 2013 Q3 2013 Q4 2013
Q1 2014 Q2 2014 Q3 2014 Q4 2014
|
262 230 212 160
195 234 220 178
151 139 163 175
226 183 144 123
128 133 107 79 |
-33.7% -45.8% -48.7% -31.9%
-25.6% 1.7% 3.8% 11.3%
-22.6%2 -40.6%2 -25.9%2 -1.7%2
49.7%2 31.7%2 -11.7%2 -29.7%2
-43.4% -27.3% –25.7% -35.8%
|
1,612
1,467
864
827
628
676
447 |
-9.0%
-41.1%
-4.3%
-24.1%2
7.6%2
-33.9%
|
- Possession proceedings arising from FLA members’ second charge mortgage books, which have led to actual possession by the second mortgage provider.
- There were changes to the sample in Q1 2012 and Q1 2013 due to changes in FLA membership.
Notes 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 2014 FLA members provided £99.5 billion of new finance to UK businesses and households. £74.1 billion of this was in the form of consumer credit representing 34% of all consumer credit in the UK.
