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Repossessions More Than Average

Parts of the south, including boroughs in east London and Essex compared poorly to the wider region due to high unemployment.



And repossessions in some northern towns are running at more than three times the national average amid a regional gulf in fortunes.



In the second half of last year, the worstaffected areas were the North East, parts of Yorkshire and towns in the M62 corridor.



In contrast, Oxfordshire saw only 12 homes in 10,000 repossessed, 20% below the national average, and numbers were also low in the Cotswolds, the West Midlands, the West Country, and the southern coast of England.



Weak where to find cheap north face jackets economic growth and austerity are blamed for the regional divide, with people in the north being more affected by Government cuts due to dependency on public sector employment, and a larger proportion of southerners working in the private sector.