HC Deb 31 July 1998 vol 317 c611W
Mr. Love

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will publish the current(a) number and (b) estimated value of owner-occupied properties and the total value of mortgages outstanding on those properties. [53909]

Mr. Raynsford

The latest available figures on a consistent timing basis for the UK relate to the end of March 1998, and are as follows:

  1. Number of owner occupied properties: 16.7 million (provisional)
  2. Estimated value of owner occupied property: £1,340 billion
  3. Value of mortgages outstanding (at June 1998): £436 billion

Source:

DETR estimates and Bank of England.