"There was a large decrease in the number of approvals for mortgages for the UK in April 2020","" "Approvals of loans secured on dwellings by month, UK, January 2019 to May 2020","" "","" "Notes","1. Data published on 29 June. 2. Seasonally adjusted. 3. Further notes are available in the [original release](https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/statistics/money-and-credit/2020/may-2020) on the Bank of England website. " "Unit","Loan approvals (Thousands)" "","" "Date","House purchase","Remortgaging","Other" "Jan 2019","66.7","48.1","14.9" "Feb 2019","65.4","47.8","14.2" "Mar 2019","62.1","48.9","14.5" "Apr 2019","65.8","49.9","14.6" "May 2019","65.2","48.2","15.1" "Jun 2019","66.0","49.1","14.8" "Jul 2019","67.0","48.9","14.1" "Aug 2019","65.8","49.6","14.7" "Sep 2019","66.2","49.7","14.3" "Oct 2019","65.6","50.8","14.4" "Nov 2019","66.1","48.0","13.3" "Dec 2019","68.2","48.4","14.1" "Jan 2020","71.6","50.0","13.9" "Feb 2020","73.7","52.0","14.4" "Mar 2020","56.1","41.7","11.9" "Apr 2020","15.9","34.1","6.3" "May 2020","9.3","30.4","5.9"