# United Kingdom INS: COM: ACQ loans and mortgages (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: COM: ACQ loans and mortgages (ended 2018) () was down 47.2% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −8.9% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 1,967.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2017.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −74.6% (Q4 2009) to 265.3% (Q4 2010), averaging 27.8%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX4Q.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 2000-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (76 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ins-com-acq-loans-and-mortgages-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 1,967.0 £m | −47.2 |
| Q3 2018 | 2,286.0 £m | −8.9 |
| Q2 2018 | 2,725.0 £m | 35.3 |
| Q1 2018 | 1,874.0 £m | −34.6 |
| Q4 2017 | 3,727.0 £m | −24.4 |
| Q3 2017 | 2,510.0 £m | −43.8 |
| Q2 2017 | 2,014.0 £m | −48.9 |
| Q1 2017 | 2,866.0 £m | −29.7 |
| Q4 2016 | 4,928.0 £m | 60.2 |
| Q3 2016 | 4,463.0 £m | 46.3 |
| Q2 2016 | 3,945.0 £m | 48.4 |
| Q1 2016 | 4,079.0 £m | 44.0 |
| Q4 2015 | 3,076.0 £m | 164.3 |
| Q3 2015 | 3,051.0 £m | 145.1 |
| Q2 2015 | 2,658.0 £m | 81.6 |
| Q1 2015 | 2,833.0 £m | 59.6 |
| Q4 2014 | 1,164.0 £m | −29.4 |
| Q3 2014 | 1,245.0 £m | −22.9 |
| Q2 2014 | 1,464.0 £m | −2.9 |
| Q1 2014 | 1,775.0 £m | 33.1 |
| Q4 2013 | 1,648.0 £m | 7.2 |
| Q3 2013 | 1,614.0 £m | −2.7 |
| Q2 2013 | 1,508.0 £m | −7.7 |
| Q1 2013 | 1,334.0 £m | −9.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX4Q.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX4Q.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```