A surge in the number of people buying homes helped boost mortgage lending to a new high in July, figures showed.
During the month a total of £29.2 billion was advanced, overtaking the record set the previous month of £28.2 billion.
The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) said the figure was driven higher by the large number of loans advanced for house purchase.
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