Mortgage approvals rise, but overall 27% lower in 2009!

The British Banker’s Association (BBA) figures released today show that mortgage approvals for major UK banks rose in Decmeber. However they also show that overall in 2009,vapprovals were 27% lower than in 2008.

BBA statistics director, David Dooks stated: “The high street banks continued to lend substantial amounts in the weaker mortgage market of 2009 …..Their share of gross lending went up from a historical level of about two-thirds to three-quarters, due to specialist lenders largely withdrawing from the market and building society finance contracting.”

For more details visit: www.bba.org.uk or news.bbc.co.uk

Alec Hanson



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