The British Bankers’ Association (BBA) has published its latest mortgage lending statistics showing that in May, the number of loans approved for house purchases rose to 31,162.The figure is up from 29,018 in April and sports an increase of 15.8% on May 2008.However, gross lending fell to £7.7 billion last month, a figure last seen [...]

More: House purchase loans show further rise

Finally, some movement in the right direction!
It's taken a while to get going!