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London - Home repossessions in Britain rose 71% in the third quarter from a year earlier to 11 054, Britain's financial services regulator said on Tuesday in another dismal token of the financial crisis and the country's collapsing housing market.
The Financial Services Authority report, published on Tuesday, reflects the strain British homeowners are under as the credit crisis has resulted in mortgage rates increasing rapidly over the last year, leaving many unable to pay their mortgages.
The simultaneous housing market crash - which has seen average house prices fall by more than 10% in the last year - means that many homeowners now owe more on their homes than they are worth so they can't sell their homes to cancel their mortgage debts.
- AP