Sentence examples for gross lending from inspiring English sources

This is reflected in stronger-than-expected transaction figures, and in our gross lending estimate".

Gross lending secured on dwellings reached £20.3bn in November, while £16.7bn was repaid by borrowers.

Gross lending in the UK was £36bn versus £35bn in 2009.

Net lending – gross lending less repayments – to large businesses was £1.9bn over the month, compared to £0.5bn loaned to SMEs.

Money is only created to the extent the gross lending exceeds the value of the existing loans being redeemed.

However, the gap between gross lending and repayments remained narrow – while £12.4bn was advanced by lenders, £11.9bn was repaid.

It said gross mortgage lending was up 31% to £28.1bn, equal to 14.9% of all mortgage lending in the UK, with net lending ahead even more, at £9.9bn, up 51%.

The BBA said that despite the weakness in both house purchase and remortgaging approvals, gross mortgage lending was "stable": with repayments continuing at a fairly high level, net mortgage lending increased by £1.3bn in April.

The BBA said gross mortgage lending was largely stable, but with homeowners stepping up repayments amid the low interest rate environment net mortgage lending increased by just £1.2bn in May.

It also dwarfs the £136bn gross mortgage lending during all of 2010.

The Council of Mortgage Lenders estimates that gross mortgage lending reached £17.5bn in June.