AQW 2304/22-27

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 28/06/2022
Answered On Date: 21/07/2022
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of house repossessions by mortgage lenders in each council area, in each of the last five years.

Answer:

The Department does not hold this information.

UK Finance holds information regarding mortgages and publishes quarterly data regarding mortgage arrears and possessions – see link: https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/data-and-research/data/arrears-and-possessions

The Department of Justice (DoJ) publishes a quarterly bulletin on mortgage possessions which provides statistics for cases received (i.e. writs and originating summonses issued), cases disposed and final orders made in respect of mortgages in the Chancery Division of the High Court. The most recent bulletin covers the period from January to March 2022 – see link:

https://www.justice-ni.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/justice/mortgages-bulletin-january-to-march-2022_0.pdf