Mortgage lending tumbled by 16% in Q1
'Lenders are all doing less business than they would like to be, and have shown willingness to absorb some volatility in order to remain competitive,' says Knight Frank Finance after checking the latest Bank of England mortgage data.
Mortgage lending is ‘off to a strong start’ in 2019
The latest monthly update from UK Finance indicates that more home-movers and first-time buyers were active in the mortgage market in January this year compared to last.
Mortgage market chills as lending numbers drop
September saw fewer home-mover, first-time buyer and buy-to-let mortgages agreed compared to the same month last year, says UK Finance
New mortgage lending dips by 10%
10.6% fewer homemover mortgages completed in November 2019 compared to the same month a year earlier - although the decline "reflects particularly strong home-purchase activity in November 2018"
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