The number of mortgages approved for house purchase in the United Kingdom jumped to 40.0 thousand in June 2020, recovering from an all-time low of 9.3 thousand in the previous month and easily beating market expectations of 33.9 thousand. It was still 46 percent below February’s pre-Covid level of 73.7 thousand. Approvals for remortgage, which capture remortgaging with a different lender, have also increased, to 36.9 thousand from 30.7 thousand; but they remained 30 percent lower than in February. Approvals for other purposes climbed to 8.5 thousand in June from 5.9 thousand in May.

Mortgage Approvals in the United Kingdom averaged 83.44 Thousand from 1986 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 151.80 Thousand in May of 1988 and a record low of 9.27 Thousand in May of 2020. 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 - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on August of 2020. source: Bank of England

Mortgage Approvals in the United Kingdom is expected to be 42.50 Thousand by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Mortgage Approvals in the United Kingdom to stand at 58.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the United Kingdom Mortgage Approvals is projected to trend around 66.00 Thousand in 2021 and 78.00 Thousand in 2022, according to our econometric models.

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United Kingdom Mortgage Approvals

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
40.01 9.27 151.80 9.27 1986 - 2020 Thousand Monthly


Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2020-05-01 08:30 AM Mar 56.2K 73.67K 60K 62K
2020-06-02 08:30 AM Apr 15.8K 56.136K 23.776K 20K
2020-06-29 08:30 AM May 9.3K 15.85K 25K 26.4K
2020-07-29 08:30 AM Jun 40K 9.27K 33.9K 33.4K
2020-09-01 08:30 AM Jul 40K
2020-09-29 08:30 AM Aug
2020-10-29 09:30 AM Sep 42.5K
2020-11-30 09:30 AM Oct
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UK Mortgage Approvals Rise from Record Low
The number of mortgages approved for house purchase in the United Kingdom jumped to 40.0 thousand in June 2020, recovering from an all-time low of 9.3 thousand in the previous month and easily beating market expectations of 33.9 thousand. It was still 46 percent below February’s pre-Covid level of 73.7 thousand. Approvals for remortgage, which capture remortgaging with a different lender, have also increased, to 36.9 thousand from 30.7 thousand; but they remained 30 percent lower than in February. Approvals for other purposes climbed to 8.5 thousand in June from 5.9 thousand in May.
2020-07-29
UK Mortgage Approvals Slump to Fresh Record Low
The number of mortgages approved for house purchase in the United Kingdom plummeted to just 9,273 in May 2020, the lowest level since the series began in 1993 and well below market expectations of 25,000. This was, almost 90 percent below the February level and around a third of their trough during the financial crisis in 2008, due to weakness in the housing market associated with COVID-19. Also, approvals of loans secured on dwellings for remortgaging fell to 30,368 from 34,121 in April and those for other purposes dropped to 5,920 from 6,250.
2020-06-29
UK Mortgage Approvals Tumble to Record Low
The number of mortgages approved for house purchase in the United Kingdom plunged to 15,848 in April 2020, the lowest level since the series began in 1993 and below market expectations of 23,776. Mortgage market activity was under pressure in April due to weakness in the housing market associated with COVID-19. Also, approvals of loans secured on dwellings for remortgaging fell to 34,357 from 42,134 in March and those for other purposes dropped to 6,308 from 11,983.
2020-06-02
UK Mortgage Approvals Fall to 7-Year Low
The number of mortgages approved for house purchase in the United Kingdom decreased to 56,161 in March 2020, the lowest since March 2013, from an upwardly revised 73,674 in the previous month and below market expectations of 60,000. Also, approvals of loans secured on dwellings for remortgaging fell to 42,551 from 53,061 in February and those for other purposes dropped to 11,981 from 14,418.
2020-05-01

United Kingdom Mortgage Approvals
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.