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CML - Mortgage Lending down 63% on last year

Figures for August

http://www.cml.org.uk/cml/media/press/1940

In August there were 42,200 house purchase loans, 15,600 of them to first-time buyers, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders. At £6 billion, house purchase lending was 63% lower than in August 2007. Both the number and value of house purchase loans were the lowest since the CML began collecting monthly data in January 2002.

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  • mr.broderick
    mr.broderick Posts: 3,778 Forumite
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    adr0ck wrote: »
    Figures for August

    http://www.cml.org.uk/cml/media/press/1940

    In August there were 42,200 house purchase loans, 15,600 of them to first-time buyers, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders. At £6 billion, house purchase lending was 63% lower than in August 2007. Both the number and value of house purchase loans were the lowest since the CML began collecting monthly data in January 2002.

    It is good to post these figures ardock, it will fit well in the comparisons for next year when the figures will be much higher, don't forget august is historically a quiet month for the housing market.
  • adr0ck
    adr0ck Posts: 2,374 Forumite
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    don't forget august is historically a quiet month for the housing market.

    agreed but its still 63% lower on August last year
  • adr0ck
    adr0ck Posts: 2,374 Forumite
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    what happened to Nelly by the way
  • mr.broderick
    mr.broderick Posts: 3,778 Forumite
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    adr0ck wrote: »
    what happened to Nelly by the way

    Best newt said :p
  • howler_2
    howler_2 Posts: 109 Forumite
    It is good to post these figures ardock, it will fit well in the comparisons for next year when the figures will be much higher, don't forget august is historically a quiet month for the housing market.

    Well today's figures were the worst since records began :rotfl:
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