UK mortgage approvals hit highest level since early 2017

- UK banks last month approved the highest number of mortgages since February 2017

- The total number of mortgages approved by the main high street banks rose to a seasonally adjusted 43,000 in April, up from 40,600 the previous month

- Mortgage approvals were up 11.5 per cent year on year, the greatest such increase since March 2016

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