The number of mortgages handed out
for people to buy a home has collapsed to its lowest level since 1974,
official figures revealed yesterday.
The Council of Mortgage Lenders said just 509,500 people managed to get a house purchase loan last year, compared to around 1.4million a decade ago.
The dire figures are a sign of Britain’s frozen housing market, with people either unable to get a mortgage or too scared about the future to take the plunge. Read Here
The Council of Mortgage Lenders said just 509,500 people managed to get a house purchase loan last year, compared to around 1.4million a decade ago.
The dire figures are a sign of Britain’s frozen housing market, with people either unable to get a mortgage or too scared about the future to take the plunge. Read Here
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