Coronavirus: Support for businesses
An overview of initiatives to support businesses through the coronavirus pandemic.

Shared appreciation mortgages, their problems and uses; and help for constituents.
Shared appreciation mortgages (109 KB , PDF)
This note outlines some of the basic features and problems of equity release type mortgages. The long period of steady house price appreciation has meant that the sums owed to banks when the mortgage is repaid appear exorbitant to some borrowers. The note illustrates examples of how problems can arise with these financial products and charts the move towards full regulation of them by the Financial Services Authority and then the Financial Conduct Authority.
Shared appreciation mortgages (109 KB , PDF)
An overview of initiatives to support businesses through the coronavirus pandemic.
The coronavirus pandemic has had a substantial impact on the UK labour market. This briefing provides information on the measures that have been put in place to support people back in to work.
Household debt: Data on the latest household debt statistics, including net lending, mortgage interest rates and insolvencies.