Mortgage and landlord possession claims, England and Wales
Latest quarter is provisional
Claims mortgage lenders and landlords issued in the county courts of England and Wales to take back homes, and the repossessions county court bailiffs carried out, each quarter since 2009.
Landlord possession claims
23,635
Q2 2026 · provisional
Verified against source, 30 October 2026, 11:49 UTC- Mortgage claims
- Landlord claims
- Mortgage repossessions
- Landlord repossessions
Source: Ministry of Justice. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
70 periods, newest first
| Period | Mortgage claims | Landlord claims | Mortgage repossessions | Landlord repossessions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 5,232 | 23,635 | 1,008 | 6,560 |
| Q1 2026 | 5,187 | 22,720 | 1,106 | 6,925 |
| Q4 2025 | 4,449 | 21,457 | 1,140 | 7,275 |
| Q3 2025 | 6,191 | 23,319 | 1,237 | 7,680 |
| Q2 2025 | 6,539 | 22,352 | 1,166 | 6,767 |
| Q1 2025 | 6,767 | 23,964 | 1,103 | 7,345 |
| Q4 2024 | 6,081 | 24,004 | 967 | 7,062 |
| Q3 2024 | 6,527 | 25,402 | 876 | 7,036 |
| Q2 2024 | 5,348 | 24,491 | 869 | 6,999 |
| Q1 2024 | 5,182 | 24,869 | 769 | 6,938 |
| Q4 2023 | 4,385 | 23,374 | 595 | 6,664 |
| Q3 2023 | 4,188 | 24,922 | 635 | 6,167 |
| Q2 2023 | 3,991 | 22,526 | 660 | 5,950 |
| Q1 2023 | 4,035 | 23,389 | 729 | 6,501 |
| Q4 2022 | 3,163 | 20,457 | 735 | 5,427 |
| Q3 2022 | 3,681 | 21,007 | 758 | 5,464 |
| Q2 2022 | 3,478 | 18,193 | 780 | 4,951 |
| Q1 2022 | 2,889 | 19,031 | 579 | 3,809 |
| Q4 2021 | 2,570 | 14,436 | 313 | 2,729 |
| Q3 2021 | 2,832 | 10,202 | 390 | 4,891 |
| Q2 2021 | 2,499 | 6,997 | 45 | 1,582 |
| Q1 2021 | 735 | 6,376 | 3 | 269 |
| Q4 2020 | 255 | 8,382 | 7 | 548 |
| Q3 2020 | 109 | 3,956 | 0 | 0 |
| Q2 2020 | 161 | 3,023 | 0 | 0 |
| Q1 2020 | 5,028 | 24,320 | 1,150 | 6,903 |
| Q4 2019 | 6,259 | 25,438 | 1,149 | 7,537 |
| Q3 2019 | 6,983 | 28,429 | 1,209 | 7,453 |
| Q2 2019 | 6,180 | 26,691 | 1,256 | 7,454 |
| Q1 2019 | 6,158 | 30,349 | 1,315 | 8,369 |
| Q4 2018 | 5,649 | 28,781 | 1,051 | 8,249 |
| Q3 2018 | 4,904 | 31,654 | 934 | 8,259 |
| Q2 2018 | 4,454 | 29,438 | 956 | 8,236 |
| Q1 2018 | 4,501 | 31,839 | 1,185 | 8,790 |
| Q4 2017 | 4,346 | 31,214 | 993 | 8,488 |
| Q3 2017 | 4,759 | 34,167 | 1,197 | 8,892 |
| Q2 2017 | 5,186 | 32,077 | 1,068 | 8,876 |
| Q1 2017 | 5,545 | 35,185 | 1,128 | 9,429 |
| Q4 2016 | 4,802 | 30,917 | 1,004 | 9,091 |
| Q3 2016 | 4,485 | 34,406 | 1,212 | 9,741 |
| Q2 2016 | 4,430 | 34,000 | 1,183 | 10,528 |
| Q1 2016 | 4,739 | 38,046 | 1,355 | 10,971 |
| Q4 2015 | 4,348 | 36,598 | 1,148 | 9,776 |
| Q3 2015 | 5,012 | 38,662 | 1,423 | 11,269 |
| Q2 2015 | 4,849 | 36,211 | 1,363 | 10,372 |
| Q1 2015 | 5,643 | 42,220 | 1,658 | 11,312 |
| Q4 2014 | 7,941 | 38,215 | 2,434 | 10,382 |
| Q3 2014 | 9,731 | 40,852 | 2,805 | 11,103 |
| Q2 2014 | 10,773 | 38,502 | 3,028 | 10,000 |
| Q1 2014 | 12,706 | 47,208 | 3,709 | 10,482 |
| Q4 2013 | 12,147 | 44,105 | 3,398 | 9,613 |
| Q3 2013 | 14,256 | 44,534 | 3,733 | 9,472 |
| Q2 2013 | 12,881 | 39,293 | 4,087 | 9,399 |
| Q1 2013 | 14,375 | 42,519 | 4,474 | 9,308 |
| Q4 2012 | 14,131 | 38,933 | 4,155 | 8,685 |
| Q3 2012 | 14,168 | 38,947 | 4,676 | 8,787 |
| Q2 2012 | 14,615 | 34,555 | 4,825 | 7,859 |
| Q1 2012 | 16,963 | 38,564 | 6,072 | 8,599 |
| Q4 2011 | 16,471 | 34,525 | 5,481 | 7,939 |
| Q3 2011 | 18,763 | 37,439 | 7,274 | 8,802 |
| Q2 2011 | 18,339 | 33,108 | 6,170 | 7,072 |
| Q1 2011 | 19,608 | 37,011 | 6,538 | 7,903 |
| Q4 2010 | 17,847 | 33,546 | 4,898 | 6,479 |
| Q3 2010 | 20,384 | 34,602 | 5,898 | 7,291 |
| Q2 2010 | 18,395 | 31,495 | 5,927 | 6,597 |
| Q1 2010 | 18,805 | 35,318 | 6,889 | 7,492 |
| Q4 2009 | 18,208 | 32,521 | 6,976 | 6,248 |
| Q3 2009 | 24,938 | 34,179 | 8,157 | 7,173 |
| Q2 2009 | 26,419 | 32,585 | 8,040 | 6,606 |
| Q1 2009 | 23,968 | 37,307 | 9,284 | 7,907 |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- Ministry of Justice
- Check it yourself
- https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mortgage-and-landlord-possession-statistics
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 30 October 2026, 11:44 UTC
- Raw files fetched
- https://www.gov.uk/api/content/government/statistics/mortgage-and-landlord-possession-statistics-april-to-june-2026SHA-256 34e6f79cc1c8f25960b8bb25a70a72f6a011d47a921860efd4dbd17337191fd7 · 16,580 bytes
- https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a85bc9f3d82f78d5c51454a/Mortgage_and_Landlord_Possession_Accessible_Tables_Q2_Apr_to_Jun_2026.odsSHA-256 1dfe452e92b22ce07d6cb5cf8a7aceb3f5851153d06345bd7e07b3fd57c0f1e1 · 237,825 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 30 October 2026, 11:49 UTC Run at 30 October 2026, 11:49 UTC; 280 of 280 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Ministry of Justice; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-30T11:44:26Z; 2 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 2 of 2 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 280 of 280 figures and the headline reproduced |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 280 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 280 of 280 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches |
| Pass | GOV.UK table is current | latest period 2026 Q2 ended 122 days before retrieval (limit 200), from Mortgage and landlord possession accessible statistical tables: April to June 2026 |
| Pass | Main statistical tables agree | 280 of 280 figures match https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a7c8afb764399f224d83235/Mortgage_and_Landlord_Possession_Tables_Q2_April_to_June_2026.ods |
| Pass | Court-level data add up | 280 of 280 figures match court CSV.csv in https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a7cab7774a4fffff664d0cd/Main_CSVs.zip, summed over courts |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mortgage-and-landlord-possession-statistics – HTTP 200 |
Notes
- Landlord claims cover private and social landlords, including accelerated claims, which need no hearing. Not every claim leads to an order or a repossession, and a repossession can follow a claim from an earlier quarter.
- The latest quarter is provisional and the one before it is often revised.