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Mortgage approvals

How many mortgages are approved for house purchase each month. It tends to move before prices do.

UK

Jul 2026

56,053

Mortgage approvals, UK, Apr 1993 to Jul 2026
PeriodMortgage approvals ()
1 Aug 202171,056
1 Sept 202170,574
1 Oct 202168,335
1 Nov 202169,467
1 Dec 202172,795
1 Jan 202273,949
1 Feb 202268,151
1 Mar 202268,641
1 Apr 202265,749
1 May 202266,363
1 Jun 202262,949
1 Jul 202262,829
1 Aug 202272,198
1 Sept 202264,911
1 Oct 202257,801
1 Nov 202246,719
1 Dec 202241,509
1 Jan 202339,798
1 Feb 202342,811
1 Mar 202350,893
1 Apr 202348,637
1 May 202350,905
1 Jun 202354,705
1 Jul 202349,374
1 Aug 202345,321
1 Sept 202344,027
1 Oct 202348,082
1 Nov 202350,287
1 Dec 202352,530
1 Jan 202456,032
1 Feb 202459,676
1 Mar 202461,146
1 Apr 202461,208
1 May 202460,800
1 Jun 202461,254
1 Jul 202462,854
1 Aug 202465,361
1 Sept 202465,596
1 Oct 202467,846
1 Nov 202465,907
1 Dec 202466,942
1 Jan 202566,270
1 Feb 202564,611
1 Mar 202563,461
1 Apr 202559,736
1 May 202562,618
1 Jun 202564,721
1 Jul 202565,905
1 Aug 202565,278
1 Sept 202566,053
1 Oct 202564,762
1 Nov 202564,592
1 Dec 202561,395
1 Jan 202660,145
1 Feb 202662,278
1 Mar 202662,920
1 Apr 202665,044
1 May 202656,396
1 Jun 202658,215
1 Jul 202656,053

How this is measured

Published by
Bank of England
Series
LPMVTVX
Covers
UK
Published
Monthly
History
Apr 1993 to Jul 2026
Last published
Jul 2026

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and data from the Bank of England Interactive Statistical Database. TrackBritain is not affiliated with the Bank of England.

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