Wednesday, Jun 27, 2007

significant reduction?

Firstrung: Mortgage lending for house purchases down 4% - BBA

Mortgage Lending; when compared to May 2006, house purchase approvals were down 4% by number but up 9% by value; remortgaging approvals were up 13% by number and 25% by value; while approvals for equity withdrawal were down 3% by number but 6% higher by value.

Posted by converted lurker @ 11:30 AM (175 views) Add Comment

4 Comments

1. fahrenheit451 said...

So there are fewer player in the market, but the ones that are left are playing with higher stakes.
Sounds like a game of poker, well in poker there is only one winner, who bags the whole pot, everyone else looses.

I bet that in this game the Taxman (and the Bank Manager) winneth.
Everyone else looses - big time.

Wednesday, June 27, 2007 12:25PM Report Comment
 

2. Converted Lurker said...

good points

Wednesday, June 27, 2007 12:29PM Report Comment
 

3. Scott said...

Don't hold your breath, for 2 reasons: -

1) 4% is not that much
2) You will suffocate!

Wednesday, June 27, 2007 01:06PM Report Comment
 

4. Planning4acrash said...

This, if the trend continues, combined with a small but steady rise in properties on the market should be enough to turn the sentiment around, to a buyer's market by mid autumn. :)

Wednesday, June 27, 2007 03:07PM Report Comment
 

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