Thursday, 5 March 2020

Mortgage Lending Fell In 2019


2019 saw the first fall in annual gross mortgage lending since 2010, the UK Finance Household Finance Review (Q4 2019) has revealed. There was a decline of new loans for both residential and buy-to-let purchase products, while first-time volumes fell by 0.6%. Miles Robinson, head of mortgages at online mortgage broker Trussle, said: “The fall in mortgage lending highlights what we’ve known for some time; that there is a real lack of suitable properties at the more affordable end of the market. When you also consider the closure of the government’s Help To Buy ISA – there will be even more pressure on the new Chancellor Rishi Sunak to deliver for first-time buyers in next week’s Budget.” Read more on Property Wire.


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