{
  "id": 15881133,
  "title": "Mega mortgages hit the North: Spike in £500,000-plus loans in the regions as they fall in London",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/mega-mortgages-hit-the-north-spike-in-500-000-plus-loans-in-the",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-21T11:04:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Is Money",
    "slug": "this-is-money",
    "url": "https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/mortgageshome/article-16226039/Mega-mortgages-hit-north-Spike-500-000-plus-loans-regions-fall-London-south.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The number of half a million pound mortgages outside southern England has surged in the last five years as Britons stretch their borrowing to afford their dream home.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}