Information on regulated bridging (short-term) loans -January 2025


Reference Case Number: FOI11947

Freedom of Information: Right to know request:

  1. Total number of regulated bridging (short-term) loans provided in the UK in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 and the value by year.

FCA response:

The requested information is set out below.

The volume and value of regulated bridging loan sales in the UK, from 2021 - Q3 2024, is as follows:

Year of Account Open Date Number of Sales Total Loan Value (£)
2021 2,368 931,761,282
2022 3,038 1,277,546,543
2023 3,735 1,425,402,301
2024 Q1-Q3 3,043 1,162,911,863

Source: FCA Product Sales Data (PSD001)

Note: full year data for 2024 will be available mid-February