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Latest Bank of England data showed that net borrowing of mortgage debt by individuals increased to £4.5 billion in November, following a decrease of £1.0 billion to £4.2 billion in October. Mortgage approvals for house purchase fell by 500 to 64,500. By contrast, approvals for remortgaging rose by 3,200 to 36,600 in November. Approvals for…
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UK Finance has forecasted that overall gross lending is set to rise by 4% to £300 billion in 2026. In its Mortgage Market Forecast for 2026, data shows lending for house purchases grew by 22% this year to £176 billion, with a notable spike in activity in advance of the stamp duty increase in April.…
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Latest Bank of England figures show that mortgage lending recorded its strongest quarterly jump in five years in the third quarter of 2025, with gross advances rising 36.9% to £80.4 billion. The increase marks the sharpest quarterly gain since 2020 amid a renewed surge in the UK property market. The data showed that the outstanding…
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UK Finance has released its latest Household Finance Review, which showed that mortgage lending activity returned to growth in Quarter 3 (Q3), following a quieter second quarter caused by many transactions having been brought forward ahead of Stamp Duty changes in April. Refinancing also increased, with volumes up nearly 50 per cent year‑on‑year as more…
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Latest data from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA has shown that the outstanding value of all residential mortgage loans increased by 0.3% from the previous quarter to £1,703.6 billion, and was 2.6% higher than a year earlier. Mortgage Lending and Administration Return (MLAR) data shows that mortgage advances decreased…
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Latest data from UK Finance has found that mortgage lending activity dipped in early Quarter 2 (Q2) following stamp duty changes but had recovered by June, with forward‑looking application data pointing to continued momentum into the third Quarter. The FCA’s mortgage affordability stress test has helped keep arrears low on mortgages granted since its introduction, but…
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Latest Bank of England data has shown that net borrowing of mortgage debt by individuals increased by £3.1 billion to £5.3 billion in June, compared to a £2.8 billion increase to £2.2 billion of net borrowing in May. The ‘effective’ interest rate – the actual interest paid – on newly drawn mortgages decreased for the…
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New analysis by HSBC has found that 78 per cent of mortgage brokers have noticed a rise in the amount of lending agreed for their clients. The poll shows that 93% of the brokers surveyed said that it is important for their clients to increase their borrowing power. Nearly two-thirds (63 per cent) of brokers…
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Latest data from the Bank of England has shown that the number of new mortgages competed by lenders jumped 50.4% to £77.6 billion in the first three months of the year compared to 12 months ago, hitting the highest quarterly level for more than two years. The data shows that the outstanding value of all…
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Latest Bank of England data has shown that mortgage approvals slipped by 600 to 65,500 in February from a year ago, following a fall of 400 mortgage approvals in January. Approvals for remortgaging to a new lender were down by 800 to 32,000 in February, following an increase of 2,100 the previous month. Mortgage borrowing fell by…
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Latest Bank of England data has found that the number of mortgage approvals fell to 66,200 in January, a decrease of around 300 from December. However, net mortgage lending rose by 27% to £4.2 billion – the highest since September 2022. The mortgage market remained busy in January, largely due to first-time buyers squeezing deals…
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Latest data from UK Finance has found that in Quarter 3 (Q3) in 2024 there were 48,862 new buy-to-let loans advanced in the UK, worth £8.6 billion. This was up 6.5 per cent by number (8.9 per cent by value) compared with the same quarter in the previous year. The average gross buy-to-let rental yield…
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UK Finance has predicted that mortgage lending is set to rise by 11% in 2025 UK Finance says that with rate and cost pressures continuing to ease, the outlook for 2025 is for a gradual improvement in mortgage affordability, feeding into market growth. As interest rates tick down, we expect arrears to continue to fall,…
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