# United Kingdom Mortgage approvals for house purchase, number, seasonally adjusted

United Kingdom Mortgage approvals for house purchase, number, seasonally adjusted was 53,443 number in September 2026, down 2.5% from August 2026 and down 19.4% from a year earlier.
That is the lowest reading since December 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 9,361.0 number (May 2020) to 107,790 number (Nov 2020), averaging 64,278 number.

- Source agency: Bank of England
- Makrognosis code: `UK.MORTAPPROVALS.M.SA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: number
- Coverage: 1996-01-31 to 2026-09-30 (369 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/mortgage-approvals-for-house-purchase-number-seasonally-adjusted

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| September 2026 | 53,443 number |
| August 2026 | 54,814 number |
| July 2026 | 55,872 number |
| June 2026 | 57,985 number |
| May 2026 | 56,288 number |
| April 2026 | 65,053 number |
| March 2026 | 63,027 number |
| February 2026 | 62,446 number |
| January 2026 | 60,293 number |
| December 2025 | 61,476 number |
| November 2025 | 64,544 number |
| October 2025 | 64,972 number |
| September 2025 | 66,277 number |
| August 2025 | 65,145 number |
| July 2025 | 65,650 number |
| June 2025 | 64,490 number |
| May 2025 | 62,524 number |
| April 2025 | 59,762 number |
| March 2025 | 63,531 number |
| February 2025 | 64,745 number |
| January 2025 | 66,396 number |
| December 2024 | 67,011 number |
| November 2024 | 65,856 number |
| October 2024 | 68,035 number |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.MORTAPPROVALS.M.SA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.MORTAPPROVALS.M.SA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```