{"id":1914,"date":"2012-11-29T09:00:33","date_gmt":"2012-11-29T09:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.legal4landlords.com\/?p=1914"},"modified":"2012-11-29T09:00:33","modified_gmt":"2012-11-29T09:00:33","slug":"mortgage-approvals-higher-than-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.withcreative.co.uk\/lforl\/mortgage-approvals-higher-than-expected\/","title":{"rendered":"Mortgage Approvals Higher Than Expected"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">British Bankers&#8217; Association Announce Good News For Borrowers<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>UK Mortgage lending reached an 11-month high in October, providing evidence that the housing market may finally be picking up, after a lull in recent months, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1046\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.legal4landlords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/money-house1.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1046\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1046\" title=\"money-house\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.legal4landlords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/money-house1.jpg\" alt=\"UK Mortgage Approvals Higher Than Expected\" width=\"250\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1046\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UK Mortgage Approvals Higher Than Expected<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Gross mortgage lending rose to \u00a312.9 Billion (GBP) and was 4% higher than in the same month in 2011, indicating that the government\u2019s Funding for Lending scheme, designed to boost lending to households and businesses, is having some effect.<\/p>\n<p>The latest figure marks a reversal of the sharp dip recorded in September 2012, when loans worth \u00a311.4 Billion (GBP) were advanced, compared to \u00a312.9 Billion (GBP) in August.<\/p>\n<p>The Treasury and the Bank of England launched the \u00a380 Billion (GBP) Funding for Lending scheme at the start of August 2012, and it has already resulted in an increase in the number of mortgages on the market, including <a title=\"Buy-To-Let Mortgages\" href=\"http:\/\/finance4landlords.com\/buy-to-let-mortgages.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Buy-To-Let mortgages<\/a>, although many of the best deals so far have been aimed at people with larger deposits.<\/p>\n<p>The British Bankers&#8217; Association said that there were 33,039 UK mortgage approvals in October 2012, a figure that was much higher than expected when compared with the 31,544 mortgage approvals in September 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Economists had previously forecast a smaller increase in mortgage approvals to around 32,000 as Gross mortgage lending was slightly above the recent monthly average at \u00a37.5 Billion (GBP).<\/p>\n<p>The BBA&#8217;s figures also showed that customers repaid more unsecured credit than they had borrowed in October, with a net repayment of \u00a3207 Million (GBP), compared with net borrowing of \u00a376 Million (GBP) in September.<\/p>\n<p>If you are looking for the best<a href=\"http:\/\/finance4landlords.com\/buy-to-let-mortgages.htm\"><strong> Buy-to-Let Mortgage<\/strong><\/a>, or commercial mortgage deals and interest rates then talk to <a title=\"Finance 4 Landlords\" href=\"http:\/\/finance4landlords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Finance 4 Landlords<\/a>. We have been working in the buy to let and commercial mortgages market for many years providing great buy to let mortgages and commercial mortgage deals. Whether you are an experienced landlord, a first time buyer, a developer or are just starting out in buy to let or commercial property, we can help you get your mortgage arranged quickly.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Contact us today to discuss how we can assist you:<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> 0844 567 9002<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British Bankers&#8217; Association Announce Good News For Borrowers UK Mortgage lending reached an 11-month high in October, providing evidence that the housing market may finally be picking up, after a lull in recent months, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML). Gross mortgage lending rose to \u00a312.9 Billion (GBP) and was 4% higher than [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1404],"tags":[1402,564,1403,1033,148,1405,429,1406,223,1407,89,109,1408,1409,1410,1411,1412,1413],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mortgage Approvals Higher Than Expected - Legal 4 Landlords News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"CML and BBA report increase in UK mortgage approvals during October. 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