Mortgage statistics 2026: What’s the average UK mortgage?

We explore the latest mortgage statistics, including average mortgage size, monthly payments and debt, to see how paying the mortgage impacts our bank accounts.

What is the average mortgage size in the UK?

The average value of a mortgage taken out between January and March 2026 was £205,298, down 4% from the previous year.

The number of mortgages taken out has decreased by 8% from the previous year, with a total of 332,283 mortgages secured on residential homes.

The picture was slightly different for first-time buyers, with Tembo reporting that the average mortgage for this group increased to £229,214 in the first quarter of 2026.

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Period	Number of mortgages taken out per month	Average mortgage value (£)
Mar 26	332,283	£205,298
Dec 25	379,470	£204,880
Sep 25	386,781	£203,557
Jun 25	294,050	£194,066
Mar 25	359,697	£214,767
Dec 24	335,318	£200,452
Sep 24	327,182	£196,392
Jun 24	322,202	£185,585
Mar 24	280,775	£180,458
Dec 23	292,473	£183,949
Sep 23	323,833	£189,490
Jun 23	294,460	£176,190
Mar 23	317,244	£184,375
Dec 22	405,322	£195,795
Sep 22	409,246	£203,389
Jun 22	390,352	£196,174
Mar 22	389,487	£190,004

What is the average monthly mortgage payment in the UK?

The average monthly mortgage repayment on a house in the UK is £1,355. This is based on the average house price as of March 2026, the average 2-year fixed mortgage rate, a 15% deposit and a mortgage length of 25 years.

What’s the average mortgage interest rate in the UK?

In April 2026, the average 2-year fixed-rate mortgage interest rate for a 10% deposit was 5.46%. It was 5.17% for a 15% deposit and 5.14% for a 25% deposit.

The average interest rate also varies depending on the length of the fix. While it was 5.14% with a 25% deposit for a 2-year fix, it was 4.97% for a 3-year fix, 5% for a 5-year fix and 5.28% for a 10-year fix.

The graph below shows the average rates for fixed-rate mortgages with a 25% deposit and how they’ve changed over time. Mortgage rates began rising again recently because of global conflict, such as the war in Iran, and geopolitical tensions.

LTV ratio, or loan-to-value ratio, is the ratio of what you borrow as a mortgage. For example, with a 90% LTV mortgage, you would need to put down a 10% deposit. Those who can afford a lower LTV ratio are generally able to access better interest rates, but this can be harder for first-time buyers who can’t put down a large deposit.

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Month	2 year fixed	3 year fixed	5 year fixed	10 year fixed
Apr 26	5.14%	4.97%	5.00%	5.28%
Mar 26	4.45%	4.37%	4.43%	4.82%
Feb 26	3.97%	3.94%	4.01%	4.48%
Jan 26	3.92%	3.94%	3.95%	4.48%
Dec 26	3.97%	3.99%	3.99%	4.48%
Nov 26	4.06%	4.02%	4.06%	4.49%
Oct 26	4.20%	4.19%	4.17%	4.55%
Sep 26	4.19%	4.18%	4.16%	4.54%
Aug 26	4.10%	4.10%	4.11%	4.46%
Jul 26	4.21%	4.18%	4.15%	4.47%
Jun 26	4.28%	4.28%	4.26%	4.51%
May 26	4.18%	4.27%	4.19%	4.53%
Apr 26	4.42%	4.34%	4.29%	4.59%
Mar 26	4.54%	4.38%	4.32%	4.60%
Feb 25	4.65%	4.49%	4.38%	4.60%
Jan 25	4.63%	4.50%	4.37%	4.57%
Dec 24	4.60%	4.48%	4.37%	4.58%
Nov 24	4.53%	4.44%	4.29%	4.61%
Oct 24	4.40%	4.28%	4.06%	4.65%
Sep 26	4.58%	4.43%	4.09%	4.80%
Aug 26	4.80%	4.62%	4.33%	4.85%
Jul 26	4.99%	4.78%	4.49%	4.86%
Jun 26	5.16%	4.86%	4.64%	4.87%
May 26	5.19%	4.88%	4.66%	4.87%
Apr 26	4.98%	4.74%	4.51%	4.78%
Mar 26	4.96%	4.73%	4.53%	4.79%
Feb 26	4.76%	4.53%	4.41%	4.75%
Jan 26	4.71%	4.75%	4.43%	4.68%
Dec 26	5.03%	5.07%	4.68%	4.70%
Nov 26	5.28%	5.27%	4.89%	4.89%
Oct 26	5.60%	5.43%	5.02%	4.99%
Sep 26	5.91%	5.79%	5.24%	5.10%
Aug 26	6.18%	6.01%	5.53%	5.14%
Jul 26	6.22%	5.93%	5.71%	5.16%
Jun 26	5.49%	5.16%	4.95%	5%
May 26	4.72%	4.46%	4.28%	4.40%
Apr 23	4.60%	4.36%	4.16%	4.23%

What is the average mortgage debt in the UK?

The average outstanding mortgage debt in the UK in the last quarter of 2025 was estimated to be £139,699. There were over 12.4 million mortgage accounts active as of December 2025, and the value of residential mortgage loans was over £1.7 trillion.

What is the average length of a mortgage in the UK?

25 years is often seen as the standard length for a mortgage. However, 2025 data revealed that first-time buyers are now signing up to mortgages that last an average of 31 years.

Average house prices in the UK

The average UK house price in March 2026 was £268,132. The average price varies across regions of the UK, with an average price of £289,946 in England, £213,240 in Wales, £186,582 in Scotland and £198,015 in Northern Ireland.

The average house price in the UK had been rising since the banking crisis and market crash in 2007-2009 until 2022, reaching £265,727 in September 2022. They then began to drop again in 2023 against a backdrop of high mortgage rates, going back down to an average price of £254,633 in February 2024.

They then began to broadly rise again, hitting £271,527 in November 2025, but have fallen slightly in the past few months.

Buying a house is often seen as a good long-term investment option, as house prices tend to go up over time, but they can fluctuate in the short-term – going down as well as up – just like the stock market.

House-prices-to-earnings ratio: How does your region compare?

The house-price-to-earnings ratio is a way to calculate the affordability of housing by dividing house prices by salary. This varies between regions as both house prices and salaries change.

On average in England and Wales, house prices were 7.6 times the average salary in 2025. The ratio is most extreme in London, where house prices are 11.4 times higher than the average yearly salary. Those in the North East of England are in the best position, as house prices here are only 4.9 times earnings.

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Region	House price to earnings ratio
London	11.4
South East	9.2
East of England	8.5
South West	8.3
East Midlands	6.9
West Midlands	6.8
Wales	5.9
North West	5.9
Yorkshire & Humber	6.0
North East	4.9

Mortgage arrears and possession statistics

In the first quarter of 2026, 79,110 homeowners were behind on their mortgage payments by 2.5% of their balance or more, a slight decrease from the previous quarter. This is known as being in arrears – money that is owed and should have been paid already.

Between January and March 2026, 1,250 properties with a homeowner mortgage were repossessed. This is when the lender takes back the property because the mortgage hadn’t been paid. The number of repossessions was up 3% on the previous quarter, but still lower than the long-term average.

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