The UK’s High Street banks approved 29,991 mortgages for homebuyers in November, down slightly from October’s total of 30,689, according to the British Bankers’ Association (BBA).
The average value of a house-purchase loan rose slightly to £145,000, showing a 1.9% increase on a year earlier.
Remortgaging activity improved, with 27,045 loans sanctioned, compared with 24,785 a month [...]























