Mortgage arrears have returned to pre-crisis rates despite six years of falling real earnings. Instead the improvement is largely down to record low interest rates. All else equal, that suggests arrears could jump when rates increase. However, all else is unlikely to be equal and a concurrent rise in real earnings, and further falls in unemployment, will help keep the rate of arrears low.
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