"Figure 6: 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 2020. 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","Number of loan approvals (thousands)" "","" "","House purchase","Remortgaging","Other" "Jan-19","66.7","48.1","14.9" "Feb-19","65.4","47.8","14.2" "Mar-19","62.1","48.9","14.5" "Apr-19","65.8","49.9","14.6" "May-19","65.2","48.2","15.1" "Jun-19","66.0","49.1","14.8" "Jul-19","67.0","48.9","14.1" "Aug-19","65.8","49.6","14.7" "Sep-19","66.2","49.7","14.3" "Oct-19","65.6","50.8","14.4" "Nov-19","66.1","48.0","13.3" "Dec-19","68.2","48.4","14.1" "Jan-20","71.6","50.0","13.9" "Feb-20","73.7","52.0","14.4" "Mar-20","56.1","41.7","11.9" "Apr-20","15.9","34.1","6.3" "May-20","9.3","30.4","5.9"