Mortgage Approvals in the United Kingdom increased to 63.03 Thousand in May from 60.66 Thousand in April of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United Kingdom Mortgage Approvals - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

The 10 largest mortgage lenders in the United Kingdom accounted for approximately 81 percent of the total market, with the top three alone accounting for 41 percent in 2023. Lloyds Banking Group had the largest market share of gross mortgage lending, with nearly 36.8 billion British pounds in lending in 2023. HSBC, which is the largest UK bank by total assets, ranked fourth. Development of the mortgage market In 2023, the value of outstanding in mortgage lending to individuals amounted to 1.6 trillion British pounds. Although this figure has continuously increased in the past, the UK mortgage market declined dramatically in 2023, registering the lowest value of mortgage lending since 2015. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic caused the market to contract for the first time since 2012. The next two years saw mortgage lending soar due to pent-up demand, but as interest rates soared, the housing market cooled, leading to a decrease in new loans of about 100 billion British pounds. The end of low interest rates In 2021, mortgage rates saw some of their lowest levels since recording began by the Bank of England. For a long time, this was particularly good news for first-time homebuyers and those remortgaging their property. Nevertheless, due to the rising inflation, mortgage rates started to rise in the second half of the year, resulting in the 10-year rate doubling in 2022.

Home Loans in the United Kingdom increased to 2054 GBP Million in May from -776 GBP Million in April of 2025. This dataset provides - United Kingdom Mortgage Lending- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Mortgage Rate in the United Kingdom decreased to 6.98 percent in June from 7.09 percent in May of 2025. This dataset provides - United Kingdom BBA Mortgage Rate- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. The Wealth and Assets Survey (WAS) is a longitudinal survey, which aims to address gaps identified in data about the economic well-being of households by gathering information on level of assets, savings and debt; saving for retirement; how wealth is distributed among households or individuals; and factors that affect financial planning. Private households in Great Britain were sampled for the survey (meaning that people in residential institutions, such as retirement homes, nursing homes, prisons, barracks or university halls of residence, and also homeless people were not included). The WAS commenced in July 2006, with a first wave of interviews carried out over two years, to June 2008. Interviews were achieved with 30,595 households at Wave 1. Those households were approached again for a Wave 2 interview between July 2008 and June 2010, and 20,170 households took part. Wave 3 covered July 2010 - June 2012, Wave 4 covered July 2012 - June 2014 and Wave 5 covered July 2014 - June 2016. Revisions to previous waves' data mean that small differences may occur between originally published estimates and estimates from the datasets held by the UK Data Service. Data are revised on a wave by wave basis, as a result of backwards imputation from the current wave's data. These revisions are due to improvements in the imputation methodology.Note from the WAS team - November 2023:“The Office for National Statistics has identified a very small number of outlier cases present in the seventh round of the Wealth and Assets Survey covering the period April 2018 to March 2020. Our current approach is to treat cases where we have reasonable evidence to suggest the values provided for specific variables are outliers. This approach did not occur for two individuals for several variables involved in the estimation of their pension wealth. While we estimate any impacts are very small overall and median pension wealth and median total wealth estimates are unaffected, this will affect the accuracy of the breakdowns of the pension wealth within the wealthiest decile, and data derived from them. We are urging caution in the interpretation of more detailed estimates.” Survey Periodicity - "Waves" to "Rounds" Due to the survey periodicity moving from “Waves” (July, ending in June two years later) to “Rounds” (April, ending in March two years later), interviews using the ‘Wave 6’ questionnaire started in July 2016 and were conducted for 21 months, finishing in March 2018. Data for round 6 covers the period April 2016 to March 2018. This comprises of the last three months of Wave 5 (April to June 2016) and 21 months of Wave 6 (July 2016 to March 2018). Round 5 and Round 6 datasets are based on a mixture of original wave-based datasets. Each wave of the survey has a unique questionnaire and therefore each of these round-based datasets are based on two questionnaires. While there may be some changes in the questionnaires, the derived variables for the key wealth estimates have not changed over this period. The aim is to collect the same data, though in some cases the exact questions asked may differ slightly. Detailed information on Moving the Wealth and Assets Survey onto a financial years’ basis was published on the ONS website in July 2019. A Secure Access version of the WAS, subject to more stringent access conditions, is available under SN 6709; it contains more detailed geographic variables than the EUL version. Users are advised to download the EUL version first (SN 7215) to see if it is suitable for their needs, before considering making an application for the Secure Access version.Further information and documentation may be found on the ONS Wealth and Assets Survey webpage. Users are advised to the check the page for updates before commencing analysis.Occupation data for 2021 and 2022 data files The ONS have identified an issue with the collection of some occupational data in 2021 and 2022 data files in a number of their surveys. While they estimate any impacts will be small overall, this will affect the accuracy of the breakdowns of some detailed (four-digit Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)) occupations, and data derived from them. None of ONS' headline statistics, other than those directly sourced from occupational data, are affected and you can continue to rely on their accuracy. For further information on this issue, please see: https://www.ons.gov.uk/news/statementsandletters/occupationaldatainonssurveys.Latest edition informationFor the 18th edition (May 2023), the inheritance variables 'ivalb1r7' and 'ivalb1r7_i' which had been omitted in error have been added. Main Topics: The WAS questionnaire is divided into two parts with all adults aged 16 years and over (excluding those aged 16 to 18 currently in full-time education) being interviewed in each responding household. Household schedule: This is completed by one person in the household (usually the head of household or their partner) and predominantly collects household level information such as the number, demographics and relationship of individuals to each other, as well as information about the ownership, value and mortgages on the residence and other household assets. Individual schedule: This is given to each adult in the household and asks questions about economic status, education and employment, business assets, benefits and tax credits, saving attitudes and behaviour, attitudes to debt, insolvency, major items of expenditure, retirement, attitudes to saving for retirement, pensions, financial assets, non-mortgage debt, investments and other income. Multi-stage stratified random sample Telephone interview Face-to-face interview 2006 2020 ADOPTION PAY AGE AIRCRAFT ASSETS ATTITUDES TO SAVING BANK ACCOUNTS BICYCLES BOATS BONDS BUSINESS OWNERSHIP BUSINESS RECORDS BUSINESSES CARAVANS CARE OF DEPENDANTS CARERS BENEFITS CARS CHILD BENEFITS CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS CHILD TRUST FUNDS COHABITING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS COST OF LIVING COSTS CREDIT CARD USE DEBILITATIVE ILLNESS DEBTS DISABILITIES EARLY RETIREMENT ECONOMIC ACTIVITY EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND EDUCATIONAL COURSES EDUCATIONAL FEES EDUCATIONAL STATUS EMPLOYEES EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT HISTORY EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMMES ENDOWMENT ASSURANCE ESTATES ETHNIC GROUPS FAMILY BENEFITS FAMILY INCOME FAMILY MEMBERS FINANCIAL ADVICE FINANCIAL COMPENSATION FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES FINANCIAL SERVICES FRINGE BENEFITS FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT FURNISHED ACCOMMODA... GIFTS Great Britain HEALTH HEALTH STATUS HIRE PURCHASE HOME BUILDINGS INSU... HOME BUYING HOME CONTENTS INSUR... HOME OWNERSHIP HOUSE PRICES HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS HOUSEHOLD HEAD S EC... HOUSEHOLD HEAD S SO... HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLDERS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING AGE HOUSING ECONOMICS HOUSING FINANCE HOUSING TENURE ILL HEALTH INCOME INCONTINENCE INFORMAL CARE INHERITANCE INSOLVENCIES INSURANCE CLAIMS INTELLECTUAL IMPAIR... INVESTMENT Income JOB HUNTING JOB SEEKER S ALLOWANCE LAND OWNERSHIP LANDLORDS LOANS Labour and employment MAIL ORDER SERVICES MARITAL STATUS MATERNITY BENEFITS MATERNITY PAY MATHEMATICS MOBILE HOMES MORTGAGE ARREARS MORTGAGE PROTECTION... MORTGAGES MOTOR VEHICLE VALUE MOTOR VEHICLES MOTORCYCLES OCCUPATIONAL PENSIONS OCCUPATIONAL QUALIF... OCCUPATIONS OLD AGE BENEFITS ONE PARENT FAMILIES OVERDRAFTS PART TIME EMPLOYMENT PARTNERSHIPS BUSINESS PATERNITY BENEFITS PATERNITY PAY PENSION BENEFITS PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS PENSIONS PERSONAL DEBT REPAY... PERSONAL FINANCE MA... PHYSICAL MOBILITY PLACE OF BIRTH PRIVATE PENSIONS PRIVATE PERSONAL PE... PROFIT SHARING PROFITS QUALIFICATIONS REDUNDANCY PAY RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION RELIGIOUS ATTENDANCE RENTED ACCOMMODATION RENTS RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS RETIREMENT AGE SAVINGS SAVINGS ACCOUNTS AN... SECOND HOMES SELF EMPLOYED SELLING SHARED HOME OWNERSHIP SHARES SICK PAY SICKNESS AND DISABI... SOCIAL HOUSING SOCIAL SECURITY BEN... SOCIO ECONOMIC STATUS SPOUSES STAKEHOLDER PENSIONS STATE RETIREMENT PE... STATUS IN EMPLOYMENT STUDENT LOANS SUBSIDIARY EMPLOYMENT SUPERVISORY STATUS TAX RELIEF TENANTS HOME PURCHA... TIED HOUSING TOP MANAGEMENT TRANSPORT FARES TRUSTS UNEARNED INCOME UNEMPLOYED UNFURNISHED ACCOMMO... UNWAGED WORKERS WAGES WEALTH WILLS WINNINGS WORKPLACE property and invest...