Big rise in number of Mortgage approvals

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Lockhouse replied

30 March 2009, 14:00
I just got a call from the estate agent about a viewing on my flat this morning - first in 2 months.
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M_B replied

30 March 2009, 13:22
It is one of the news stories

Brighter BBC news
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TykeMerc replied

30 March 2009, 13:22
Originally posted by PM-Junkie View Post

...but surprise surprise, a bit of potentially brighter news (albeit a very small piece) doesn't appear to have made it to the BBC website. Unless it is well hidden.

Funny ol' thing eh?

Gordon Brown and the entire Cabinet have been run down by an out of control truck?
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PM-Junkie replied

30 March 2009, 13:14
...but surprise surprise, a bit of potentially brighter news (albeit a very small piece) doesn't appear to have made it to the BBC website. Unless it is well hidden.

Funny ol' thing eh?
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DimPrawn replied

30 March 2009, 13:11
Indeed.

Mortages fall from 10,000,000 to 2 and then rise to 3. Boomed! Mortgages rise 50%.
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TykeMerc replied

30 March 2009, 13:10
The critical question is 19% up from how many?

19% of a big number is quite a lot, 19% of a small number amounts to bugger all.

Stating a percentage increase is a classic "lies, damn lies and statistics" tactic that is thoroughly deceptive.
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DimPrawn replied

30 March 2009, 13:01
Originally posted by PM-Junkie View Post

What I find amazing is that anyone is actually BUYING houses right now. They must be nuts!

Must be a return to "normal" on the housing market.

http://www.moneyweek.com/investments...450&h=334&as=1
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AlfredJPruffock replied

30 March 2009, 12:55
Originally posted by PM-Junkie View Post

What I find amazing is that anyone is actually BUYING houses right now. They must be nuts!

As Adolf Hitler once said - 'It is as well for the Leaders that the people do not think ..'

Fill Yer Boots Up Lads !!!!
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backlight replied

30 March 2009, 12:47
Would not have thought getting a mortgage approval meant you executed it (bought a property). May be a daft comment but have never bought a house in the UK.
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PM-Junkie replied

30 March 2009, 12:38
What I find amazing is that anyone is actually BUYING houses right now. They must be nuts!
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Tensai replied

30 March 2009, 12:08
Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post

Boomed.

Boomed-ish. Good to see mortgages being provided again, but people aren't getting the silly amounts that they were before, and that was what was driving the prices up.

Some way down to go yet I fear.
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TimberWolf started a topic Big rise in number of Mortgage approvals

30 March 2009, 09:19
Big rise in number of Mortgage approvals

The number of mortgages approved for house purchase jumped by 19 per cent during February and borrowers repaid a record amount of debt the Bank of England said today.

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/to...cle6001337.ece

Boomed.
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