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Mortgage Lending (May)

Despite the housing market reopening half-way through May, house purchase mortgage approvals once again fell sharply. But signs of a bounce back in buyer demand in June, combined with resilient mortgage availability outside of high LTV lending, suggest that approvals will recover in the coming months.

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