BSA, BBA numbers underline CML, BoE, ONS messages

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Lending figures published by the Building Societies Association and the British Bankers' Association have strengthened the case for hawks at the Monetary Policy Committee.

Another monthly rise recorded for December helped the BSA’s members record their biggest ever year, with building society gross mortgage lending hitting £52.8bn. In December alone gross advances hit £3.97bn, up from £3.61bn in the same month one year earlier. Approvals were up at £3.96bn compared to £3.15bn. And, while noting net lending continued to drop, the association says December’s strong figures suggest lending will remain “robust” through the start of 2007. Adrian Coles, director general said: “It is likely that the impact of interest rate rises will continue to feed through, da...

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