The number of homes repossessed in the UK fell 10% in the second quarter of the year compared with the previous three months, lenders say. But the 11,400 homes repossessed was a rise of 14% compared with the the same period the previous year, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) said. It recently reduced its estimate for repossessions in 2009 by 10,000 to 65,000 homes in the UK. The group said that early advice for struggling homeowners was helping.