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Twenty7Tec has released figures on the state of the mortgage market one week after the second UK lockdown began.
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The findings showed that weekly mortgage search volumes are currently at 87.79% of the year’s highest figure, up 6.8% on the week before.
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Weekly buy-to-let (BTL) mortgage search volumes are at 92.09% of the year’s high, up 8.0% on last week.
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Weekly residential mortgage search volumes are at 87.56% of the year’s high, up 6.8% on last week.
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In regard to ESIS documents, weekly mortgage ESIS documentation figures are currently at 91.42% of the year’s highest figure, up 7.5% on the week before.
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Weekly BTL mortgage ESIS documentation figures are currently at 89.75% of the year’s highest figure, up 7.8% on the week before.
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Weekly residential mortgage ESIS documentation figures are currently at 90.13% of the year’s highest figure, up 7.4% on the week before.
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James Tucker, chief executive of Twenty7Tec, said: “Each time we go into a lockdown, regional or national, there is a drop-off in the volume of mortgage searches that takes place, and also a drop-off in the number of ESIS documents prepared.
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“The dip in volumes actually happens in the few days before the lockdown begins as customers focus on dealing with the practical elements of a lockdown.
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“Then, immediately as the lockdown starts, mortgage search volumes begin to rise again.
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“We’ve seen it again and again this year on a UK-wide, home nation and regional level before and just after we enter lockdown.
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“Any drop is then is consistently mirrored by a spike of mortgage search volumes within a day or two of the lockdown beginning.
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“There was a definite blip in activity last week as people mentally prepared for lockdown 2.0.
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“For context, last week’s drops were less than we’d expect in a bank holiday week.
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“In lockdown 2.0, we are still seeing search volumes higher than we did in pre-lockdown Spring.
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“That feels like a world away now, but was, at the time, incredibly busy for all our clients.
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“BTL currently forms 19.11% of all searches in the past week and 20.87% of all documents prepared against in the past week.
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“BTL searches volumes have been relatively steady all year and those searches are converted into ESIS documents more often than residential searches.”
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By Jessica Nangle
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Source: https://uk-mortgagebroker.co.uk/news/
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