Highlights of the December 2015 UK mortgage approvals data report 1 February 2016

  • Prior 70.4k
  • Net mortgage lending 3.2bn vs 3.7bn exp. Prior 3.9bn. Revised to 3.8bn
  • Consumer credit 1.2bn vs 1.3bn exp. Prior 1.5bn
  • M4 money supply -0.2% vs +0.4% prior m/m
  • 0.2% vs 0.5% prior y/y
  • Ex-IOFC's 4.0% vs 5.9% prior 3m ann. Revised to 6.2%

Not too much of note from the data. Mortgage lending remains strong despite dipping from the 2015 highs

UK lending on dwellings