Mortgage Lending (Oct.)

House purchase mortgage approvals rose in October. But that did little to offset the weakness in lending seen over the last year. Moreover, there are few reasons to believe that the latest rise is the start of a new, upward trend. Indeed, we expect little or no growth in lending out to 2020.

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