Mortgage approvals growth rate 'falls'

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Mortgage approvals growth rate 'falls'

Recently the amount of growth in mortgage approvals has been steadily falling, according to figures released by the Bank of England.

August saw a total lending of £9.5 billion which represented a significantly lower level of growth that in the preceding month.

The growth rate in August was also below the last six month average, the Bank of England figures show.

Howard Archer, chief UK and European economist at Global Insight, said: "While some indicators are still showing resilience, it does appear that the housing market is now increasingly faltering in the face of the financial market turmoil."

There is also more "affordability pressure" on consumers due to elevated interest rates and negligible growth in the level of disposable income, he added.

In the future the housing market will slow down even further, Mr Archer predicted.

Currently the base rate of interest is 5.75 per cent.

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