Have taxpayers lost out from the bail out to mortgage payers?
Does my right hon. Friend agree that the disposable income of 10 million mortgage payers is affected by two factors - income tax and interest rates?
One in eight mortgage payers are in arrears because the Government have launched a drive towards home ownership so powerful that mobility of labour has suffered.
Even after a period when interest rates were higher than we would have liked, 39 mortgage payers are still up to date.
Britain's biggest Building Society says the worst could be over for hard pressed mortgage payers.
This graph shows the extra the typical mortgage payer has to pay over and above the Bank of England's base rate.
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That was the lowest level since the third quarter of 1987, when 4.71 percent of mortgage payers were behind.
Further tax relief is also given to mortgage payers.
Homeowners and mortgage payers may borrow without proof of earnings - including self-employed.