UK mortgage approvals declined unexpectedly to a record low in May as coronavirus pandemic weighed on housing market activity, data published by the Bank of England showed Monday.
The number of mortgage approvals for house purchase fell to a new series low of 9,273 in May. This was almost 90 percent below the February level and around a third of their trough during the financial crisis in 2008.
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