In the UK, mortgage approvals for home purchases relate to the creditors' firm offers to extend credit to their customers against the purchase of certain residences secured by the loan. It applies to approvals that are fully secured on residential property by a first mortgage.  Existing borrowers who want to transfer their existing mortgage to another property, lending to first-time buyers, and lending for buy-to-let purposes.

A higher than expected figure should be seen as positive (bullish) for the GBP while a lower than expected figure should be seen as negative (bearish) for the GBP.

Source:  Bank of England
Category:  Mortgage Approvals
Units:  Thousand
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Currency: GBP
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Forex Sentiment (GBP)

Symbol Community Trend (Shorts vs Longs) Symbol Popularity Avg. Short Price /
Distance From Price
Avg. Long Price /
Distance From Price
Current Price
GBPUSD
1.3057
-526 pips
1.3584
-1 pips
1.35827
Symbol Action Percentage Volume Positions
GBPUSD Short 64% 5291.92 lots 20059
Long 36% 2944.40 lots 11898
17% of traders are currently trading GBPUSD.
GBPJPY
194.0127
-492 pips
197.7822
+115 pips
198.931
Symbol Action Percentage Volume Positions
GBPJPY Short 75% 779.06 lots 3357
Long 25% 258.90 lots 2060
5% of traders are currently trading GBPJPY.
EURGBP
0.8538
-81 pips
0.8615
+4 pips
0.86187
Symbol Action Percentage Volume Positions
EURGBP Short 89% 3324.74 lots 14647
Long 11% 417.78 lots 2696
10% of traders are currently trading EURGBP.
GBPCAD
1.8204
-402 pips
1.8625
-19 pips
1.86065
Symbol Action Percentage Volume Positions
GBPCAD Short 56% 267.03 lots 1635
Long 44% 214.01 lots 804
2% of traders are currently trading GBPCAD.
GBPCHF
1.0844
+38 pips
1.0975
-169 pips
1.08058
Symbol Action Percentage Volume Positions
GBPCHF Short 12% 58.30 lots 645
Long 88% 433.99 lots 3986
3% of traders are currently trading GBPCHF.
GBPNZD
2.2185
-477 pips
2.1224
+1438 pips
2.26618
Symbol Action Percentage Volume Positions
GBPNZD Short 80% 180.97 lots 1182
Long 20% 46.28 lots 638
1% of traders are currently trading GBPNZD.
GBPAUD
2.0137
-653 pips
2.0960
-170 pips
2.07897
Symbol Action Percentage Volume Positions
GBPAUD Short 64% 363.48 lots 1607
Long 36% 207.67 lots 997
2% of traders are currently trading GBPAUD.
GBPNOK
13.6623
-474 pips
13.7809
-712 pips
13.70974
Symbol Action Percentage Volume Positions
GBPNOK Short 30% 0.03 lots 2
Long 70% 0.07 lots 3
0% of traders are currently trading GBPNOK.
GBPSEK
12.8783
-507 pips
13.1665
-2375 pips
12.92902
Symbol Action Percentage Volume Positions
GBPSEK Short 41% 0.34 lots 2
Long 59% 0.49 lots 10
0% of traders are currently trading GBPSEK.
GBPSGD
1.7364
-34 pips
1.7559
-161 pips
1.73981
Symbol Action Percentage Volume Positions
GBPSGD Short 59% 2.58 lots 37
Long 41% 1.79 lots 27
0% of traders are currently trading GBPSGD.