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Average UK Deposit Trends for 2006/2007

This mortgage trends map displays the regional variations in average UK deposit in GBP sterling placed by mortgage applicants for purchases in 2006 and 2007, broken down by UK geographical postcode.

Please note that purchases includes first time buyers and buy to let mortgage borrowers. To view a map of average deposit trends as percentages for 2006 - 2007 please see this map.

Key (£ 000s)
  <15   15-20   20-25   25-30   30-35   35-40
  40-45   45-50   50-55   55-60   60-65   65-70
  80-85   85-90   85-90   90-95   95-100   >100

Average Deposit Highlights

Points of interest to note from the average deposit trends map are:

  • The average deposit in pounds sterling proposed by mortgage applicants was £30,742 in 2006, rising to £37,779 in 2007, an increase of nearly 23%.
  • Average deposits in Greater London and Birmingham increased by 59% and 52% respectively, rising by more than twice the average UK percentage increase.
  • Hertfordshire too saw a well above increase in average deposit paid in pounds sterling of 61% over that period of time.
  • In North Yorkshire the average increase in average deposit from 2006 to2007 was 29%, compared to below average increases of 17% and 10% respectively in West and South Yorkshire.
  • The average deposit in Greater Manchester fell 32% from 2006 to 2007, with similar decreases of 28% and 25% respectively in Lancashire and Merseyside.
  • Similarly in Edinburgh and Glasgow average deposit decreased by 11% and 18% from 2006 to 2007.

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