Council of Mortgage Lenders

“The Council of Mortgage Lenders said 9,700 mortgages were issued between January and March.”

“That was a drop on the previous quarter but a 28% increase on the same period in 2009.”

“The number of homes repossessed in the UK fell by 7.5% in the first three months of 2010, according to lenders. Figures show that the number of homes repossessed dropped from 10,600 in the last three…”

“It added that it could revise its forecast of 53,000 repossessions in 2010 in the summer, describing it as "pessimistic" if there are no further economic shocks.”

“The number of homes repossessed was at its lowest in two years, down 7.5% on the previous three months and 26% lower than the first three months of 2009.”

“The number of home loans in arrears equivalent to at least 2.5% of the outstanding mortgage balance stood at 186,300 in the first three months of the year.”

“This was down from 196,400 in the last quarter of 2009, and below the 206,800 of the first quarter of last year.”

“Another 1,849 applications were ongoing by the end of March.”

“The number of loans made to home buyers rose by 25% between February and March, to 45,000.”

“Lending to all house buyers in the first quarter of the year was still 35% less than in the last three months of last year.”

“The CML argued that year on year, lending to house buyers had now risen for the ninth month in a row.”

“For the second month in a row, the average deposit they had to put down stood at 24% of the purchase price, slightly less than the average 25% they have had to put down since the start of 2009.”

“Between February and March, the number of loans made to first-timers rose by 27%, compared with a 24% increase for existing home owners.”

“the amount lent in new home loans rose by 7% in May from the previous month to £11.3bn.”

“up 10% from a year ago”