Home Repossessions Rise Sharply across UK According to the latest reports, home repossession has gone up to 71%. This is a 16% rise on the previous year’s figures during the same period. In the first half of this year around 19,000 homeowners have had their houses repossessed by the lenders. It is also estimated that house repossession will double in 2008 compared to 2007. in Public bookmarkswith bestcalculatorfixedmortgageraterates