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The monthly Startling Stats Index – comparison of UK and US lending and home affordability

by | Jun 29, 2020

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The monthly Startling Stats Index – comparison of UK and US lending and home affordability

by | Jun 29, 2020

Each month we present some statistics in the raw from Macrobond. This month UK and US lending and house prices.

United Kingdom:

  • Total amount of household loans outstanding in April 2020: 1.77 trillion GBP

Change since same period previous year: -4%

As percentage of GDP: 81%

  • Number of mortgage loans approved in April 2020: 15 848

Change since same period previous year: -75%

Change since previous month: -72%

  • Change in the Markit Halifax house price index for Real Estate since 2008 on National level: 24%

For Greater London in particular: 61%

Change in national Residential prices according to the Knight Frank index: 17%

  • House price to gross disposable income for households in Q4 2019: 860%

Mean value since 1990: 706%

Gross disposable income for households in Q4 2019: 26 774 GBP

United States:

  • Total amount of household loans outstanding in Q1 2020: 15.99 trillion USD

As percentage of GDP: 75%

Change since same period previous year: 4%

  • Percentage of mortgage loans that are likely to default in Q4 2019: 5%

Share of non-performing loans to total loans in the US: 0.85%

Mortgage loans as percentage of total household loans in the US: 67%

  • Change in the Case-Shiller price index for Real Estate since 2008 on National level: 24%

For New York in particular: 1%

Change in national Real Estate prices according to the Purchase-index from the Federal Housing Finance Agency: 37%

  • House price to mean disposable income for households in 2018: 326%

Average Weekly earnings in December 2019: 1 189 USD

Percentage change from year before: 3.8%

Article originally published by Macrobond.

About Wilhelm Åkesson

About Wilhelm Åkesson

Wilhelm Åkesson is a junior specialist and sales trainer at Macrobond Financial.

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