Number of approvals for house purchase lending in the UK 2017-2020
This statistic illustrates the total monthly number of approvals for house purchase lending to individuals in the United Kingdom (UK) from January 2017 to April 2020. It can be seen that the number of approvals for house purchasing lending fluctuated during the period under observation, reaching a total of over 73.7 thousand approvals for house purchase lending as of February 2020. In the wake of the coronavirus (covid-19) crisis in March and April, mortgage approvals dropped dramatically to approximately 56 and 16 thousand respectively.
