July 29, 2010 4:33 AM

UK Mortgage Approvals/ Net Lending

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The British pound traded slightly lower against all of the major currencies after June net lending came in worse than expected and final mortgage approvals came in as expected. The details are as follows:

Net Lending to Individuals (m/m) - Survey: 1.3B Actual: 0.65B Prior: 1.5B
Final Mortgage Approvals - Survey: 48K Actual: 48K Prior: 48K

Bobbys Corner-Open Market-July.29.2010

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