Mortgages Julia Goldsworthy To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the (a) mean and (b) median monthly mortgage payments were (a) for all households and (b) for households at each level of disposable income in (i) England and (ii) each region in England in each of the last five years. Mr. Iain Wright Estimates of the mean monthly mortgage payment for all households taking out a new mortgage for house purchase during the year, in (i) England and (ii) each region in England in each of the last five years are given in the following table. Estimates for median monthly mortgage payments and data for households at each level of disposable income are not available. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |£ per month | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |2003|2004|2005|2006|2007| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North East |370|466|535|594|687| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North West |420|525|597|659|759| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Yorkshire and the Humber |408|509|587|652|744| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East Midlands |457|561|629|672|763| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Midlands |472|577|646|715|798| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East |603|712|789|855|981| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |London |832|1,022|1,134|1,251|1,486| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South East |693|811|895|981|1,128| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South West |551|645|727|806|921| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |||||| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |England |563|684|773|851|981| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Note:Assumes repayment mortgage over 25 years.Sources:Regulated Mortgage Survey and the Council of Mortgage Lenders| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------