LONDON, March 1 (Reuters) - British lenders approved the
lowest number of mortgages in January since 2009, excluding a
slump at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Bank
of England data published on Wednesday.
A total of 39,637 mortgages for house purchase were
approved, down from an upwardly revised 40,540 in December.
A Reuters poll of economists had pointed to around 38,000
approvals in January.
(Reporting by William Schomberg; writing by David Milliken)
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