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Arrears in mortgage market climb steeply
Fri, 05 Sep 2008
According to a report by Moody’s, the level of both arrears and repossessions in the mortgage market is increasing sharply. The report indicates that home loans amongst borrowers with good credit histories are also under threat.

Moody’s studied a variety of mortgage lenders, and found that the second worst performance came from Granite, the Northern Rock securitisation vehicle. Moody’s, who are a credit rating agency, checked out 14 mortgage securitisations to draw their conclusions.

The number of borrowers in both minor and serious arrears has climbed sharply, as has the level of repossessions. The study reportedly concluded:

"Arrears are thus expected to continue rising for some time. While the increase in delinquencies has been relatively mild so far, the rise in repossessions has been marked. This may be an indication that lending organisations are reverting to court filings for repossessions more quickly than before in order to sell the collateral from problem loans before house prices fall further."

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