Responding to the Financial Services Authority's announcement of rises in repossessions, the British Bankers' Association (BBA) said that they were pleased by the FSA's statement.
The BBA believed that the authority had been careful in distinguishing mainstream lenders from specialists that it said was responsible for the large increase in house repossessions.
Chief executive of the BBA Angela Knight agreed with the FSA's point that such an action would only be taken by banks as the last resort, with high street lenders that are part of the association encouraged to actively help people stay in their homes during difficult times.
She added that with rising living costs, "people may be finding money more difficult to manage and we urge anyone who is worried about meeting monthly mortgage payments to get in touch with their lender as quickly as possible."
Last month, research by the BBA found that 33,000 purchases were made with a credit card every ten minutes in the UK.
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