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3 million - Total number of borrowers expected to remortgage this year
728,650 - Borrowers coming to the end of a two-year fixed-rate deal this year
4,000 - Number of fixed-rate deals that will end today
30 - 50 per cent - Rise in monthly remortgage repayments this year
30 per cent - Drop in number of home loans so far this year
50,000 - Number of repossessions expected this year
75,500 - Number of repossessions in 1991
21 per cent - Increase in number of repossessions between 2006 and 2007
136 - number of properties that will be repossessed today
1 in 3 - Number of homeowners who have a mortgage worth more than three times their average salary
3.16 - Average mortgage multiple compared with a borrower's income in 2008
2.26 - Average mortgage multiple compared with a borrower's income in 1991
6.04 per cent - Average best-buy two-year fixed-rate deal, compared with 5.12 per cent in 2006
6.21 per cent - Average best-buy two-year tracker, compared with 5.07 per cent in 2006
£185,616 - Average UK house price, according to the Land Registry
£1,200 - Monthly repayments for an average house on an average two-year best-buy deal
721 - Number of mortgages that have been withdrawn from the market in the past two weeks
0 - Number of 100 per cent mortgage deals on the market. Four lenders still offered them two weeks ago
6,600 - Number of debt problems that the Citizens Advice Bureau will deal with today
£1 million - Increase in UK debt every five minutes
£25,945 - Average level of debt of someone taking out a credit management plan, on an average yearly income of £23,444
Source: CML, Credit Action, moneysupermarket.com, Chiltern Group
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