Lloyds Banking Group reports that the number of homes it repossessed in 2010 rose 10% to 3,043, while mortgages in arrears remained stable at 2.3%. The bank also says its specialist portfolio, which includes self-certified loans and which it shuttered in late 2009, remains most troublesome, but even that has improved from 6.6% of total accounts to 6.4%.

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