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Mortgage Lending (Mar.)

March’s mortgage approval figures from the Bank of England confirm that demand is struggling to regain the ground lost at the start of the year. We suspect that the huge gap between house prices and earnings, the still-tight credit conditions and a weak labour market will keep demand subdued for some time.

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