Information on payment on total outstanding mortgage - November 2023


Reference Case Number: FOI10632

Freedom of Information: Right to know request:

Please can I request access to aggregate (if possible, quarterly, monthly will be better) time series data on payment of outstanding mortgage, ideally formatted as Excel spreadsheet data, and as far back in time as possible.

The reference link is Bank of England MLAR publication, which contains information on aggregate outstanding mortgage value, but no payment data available. Mortgage Lenders and Administrators Statistics - 2023 Q1 | Bank of England

MLAR responded that FCA is in charge of data collection of this part and recommended to contact FCA.

FCA response:

Coverage: all outstanding regulated mortgages in the UK

Half Year Reporting PeriodExpected Monthly Payment (£)Number of Mortgages
2018 H15,626,315,1308,542,488
2018 H25,820,737,6188,671,005
2019 H15,837,621,2998,621,665
2019 H26,022,092,3988,792,309
2020 H15,762,166,8098,794,923
2020 H26,058,051,8368,879,324
2021 H16,247,547,9618,934,186
2021 H26,307,243,3558,918,537
2022 H16,525,867,6578,980,902
2022 H27,046,985,7139,027,925
2023 H17,312,316,8628,956,720

Note: Expected monthly payment is defined as:

Current expected monthly mortgage payment, including any formally agreed reductions or increases in payments, e.g. due to forbearance. Where payments are collected on a basis other than  monthly, such as quarterly or annually, report the monthly equivalent (e.g. for annual payments, report one twelfth of the annual payment).

Please also be aware that data from different sources should be treated separately (e.g. Product Sales Data quoted in the table above should not be combined with Bank of England data on repayments of lending to individuals), as the use of different methodologies for each means they cannot be compared on a like-for-like basis. If you have any queries concerning the published Bank of England data, you may wish to contact them directly. I attach a link to the bank of England website to assist you: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/