4% Rise in Mortgage Approval Rates from Banks
The total number of mortgage approvals for Jan this year has risen by 4% on the previous month and reached 39,230, and according to new figures released by the Bank of England, the rise in mortgage approvals might carry on going up.
The total value of all the mortgages that were approved in Jan came to £4.6 billion, this is a total increase of £900 million on the previous month, however, this increase is not as large as the estimated average of £1.6 billion, or even as big as the increase that we saw in February of £1.5 billion, however, the overall sum of money that had been approved through mortgages in Jan, £4.6 billion which was well over the estimated monthly average that was calculated using figures from the previous 6 months.
There was also good news from the building societies, the amount of mortgages approved by building societies rose to £1,542 million, compared to the £742 million approved in February. (more…)
