Mortgages  

Mortgages in arrears hit 8-year high

The FCA reported that 62.9 per cent of loans were used for house purchase, 25.8 per cent of which were for first-time buyers.

Meanwhile, just 8.3 per cent of loans were used for buy-to-let properties and the remaining 28.8 per cent of loans were classified as “other”.

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