United Kingdom Mortgage Approvals

The number of mortgages approved for house purchase in the United Kingdom fell to 65,269 in September 2018 from a downwardly revised 66,101 in the previous month, but still above market expectations of 64,750. Meantime, approvals of loans secured on dwellings for remortgaging declined to 49,169 in September from 52,072 in August while those for other purposes rose to 14,949 from 14,801. Mortgage lending increased by GBP 3.9 billion in September, beating market consensus of a GBP 3.0 billion gain. Mortgage Approvals in the United Kingdom averaged 84.74 Thousand from 1986 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 151.80 Thousand in May of 1988 and a record low of 26.27 Thousand in November of 2008.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2018-08-30	08:30 AM	Mortgage Approvals	64.77K	65.37K	65K	65.0K
2018-10-01	08:30 AM	Mortgage Approvals	66.44K	65.16K	64.5K	64.4K
2018-10-29	09:30 AM	Mortgage Approvals	65.269K	66.101K	64.75K	65.1K
2018-11-29	09:30 AM	Mortgage Approvals		65.269K	65K	65.9K

United Kingdom Housing	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Housing Starts	41190.00	39890.00	69520.00	16420.00	units	[+]
Construction Output	3.00	0.50	24.00	-19.20	percent	[+]
Housing Index	737.50	732.20	743.70	96.10	Index Points	[+]
Mortgage Approvals	65.27	66.10	151.80	26.27	Thousand	[+]
Mortgage Applications	38505.00	39241.00	92480.00	17241.00	Units	[+]
Construction Pmi	53.20	52.10	64.60	27.80		[+]
Construction Orders	-7.40	-6.90	37.40	-43.90	percent	[+]
Home Ownership Rate	63.40	63.50	73.30	63.40	percent	[+]

Mortgage approvals for house purchase refers to the firm offers of lenders to advance credit secured on specific dwellings to their customers. It covers approvals that are fully secured on residential property by a first mortgage. It includes existing borrowers transferring their existing mortgage to another property, lending to first-time purchasers and lending for buy-to-let purposes. This page provides the latest reported value for - United Kingdom Mortgage Approvals - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. United Kingdom Mortgage Approvals - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on November of 2018.