UK Net Mortgage Borrowing Reaches Record High in ‘Red Hot’ Housing Market
UK homeowners are borrowing at record high levels to take advantage of the stamp duty holiday and low interest rates, new official figures have revealed.
According to statistics released by the Bank of England on Tuesday, net mortgage borrowing reached £11.8 billion ($16.4 billion) in March, the highest figure since records began in 1993.
A general view shows the Bank of England and the City of London financial district in London, UK, on Nov. 5, 2020. (John Sibley/Reuters)
House prices have boomed across Britain during the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic despite the most significant economic contraction in a generation. The Resolution Foundation, a London-based think tank, called it “a very odd recession.”