Orders for mortgage possession England and Wales 2008-2013

This statistic shows the quarterly figures for mortgage possession claims, which led to issuing a reposession order in the country courts of England and Wales between first the quarter 2008 and the first quarter 2013. A decrease in the number of claims leading to order was observed, after the initial high numbers of 2008 relating to the global recession and crash of housing market. In the first quarter of 2013, there were approximately 10.6 thousand claims that led to possession orders.

The number of mortgage possession claims leading to a repossession order in England and Wales from 1st quarter 2008 to 1st quarter 2013

Characteristic	Number of claims
Q1 2013	10,601
Q4 2012	10,705
Q3 2012	9,710
Q2 2012	11,379
Q1 2012	12,570
Q4 2011	13,377
Q3 2011	13,752
Q2 2011	13,671
Q1 2011	14,420
Q4 2010	14,774
Q3 2010	14,552
Q2 2010	13,647
Q1 2010	14,011
Q4 2009	16,517
Q3 2009	19,957
Q2 2009	19,130
Q1 2009	16,417
Q4 2008	28,399
Q3 2008	27,765
Q2 2008	28,035
Q1 2008	27,416

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Release date

May 2013

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

Q1 2008 to Q1 2013

Supplementary notes

Figures are seasonally adjusted.
This statistic using original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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