The slight decline in mortgage approvals for house purchase in February is almost certainly a blip, and doesn’t herald the end of the revival in mortgage lending. But it does suggest mortgage lending is not set to accelerate out of control, and banks are taking a steady-as-she-goes approach to the recovery.
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