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Buy-to-let mortgage arrears rise by 124%

More than 100,000 mortgage borrowers are in serious difficulty after arrears levels rose for the fifth successive quarter.

Data from UK Finance showed that 93,680 homeowners were more than 2.5% in arrears on their outstanding balance in the last quarter of 2023, up by 25% on a year earlier.

Arrears among buy-to-let landlords grew faster still, up 124% to 13,570.

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