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  1. Jubilee fact: The number buying with a mortgage is up from 1.65m in 1952 to 10m today (plus another 1.4m buy-to-let)tinyurl.com/bublg9k
  2. Jubilee fact: 800 mortgage lenders lent less than £400m in 1952; 109 CML members expected to lend £133bn in 2012. tinyurl.com/bublg9k
  3. CML News & Views today is a jubilee special! Facts and figures on mortgage and housing markets now and in 1952: tinyurl.com/bublg9k
  4. @paullewismoney @spartacus303 @mmc2007 Indeed, tho even we now use "repossess" as understood. But yes, owner is owner & lender has "charge".
  5. Congratulations @SHIP_Equity on successful launch of the new Equity Release Council - look forward to your new Twitter name, keep us posted!
  6. @henry_woodcock thank you!
  7. CML: Q1 2012 data shows first-time buyer activity in Wales less affected by end of stamp duty holiday than UK overall tiny.cc/m5wuew
  8. CML: 38% of ftbs in Scotland bought property valued between £125,000 and £250,000 in Q1 2012 tiny.cc/gxwuew
  9. CML: First-time buyers seize largest share of market in Northern Ireland since 2001 tiny.cc/7nwuew
  10. @stephen_gilbert @BritishInsurers a year til statement of principles expires. Clock ticking. Clarity is needed on future flood insurance.
  11. @CartlidgeRT thank you! @cmlevents will be pleased.
  12. CML: Gross mortgage lending declined to an estimated £10.2 billion in April, down 19% from £12.6 billion in March tiny.cc/3ygnew
  13. Mortgage arrears and possessions appear to have levelled off. Today, we set out what's needed to keep them in check: tinyurl.com/cju5x4g
  14. 74% more FTBs took out a mortgage in March than February, taking advantage of last month of stamp duty holiday. tiny.cc/mc7dew
  15. Don't forget our monthly analysis of mortgage lending for March will be out at 09.30.
  16. @jeffprestridge All the very best of luck, Jeff - amazing thing to do, great cause to do it for.
  17. Just in case you're interested, here's one we made earlier (a BBC News Channel interview that is, on repossessions) bbc.co.uk/news/business-…
  18. Repossessions stable, arrears falling - cml.org.uk/cml/media/pres… and £3.7 billion of BTL lending in Q1 - cml.org.uk/cml/media/pres…
  19. We'll be publishing Q1 statistics on 1) arrears and repossessions and 2) the buy to let market in about 10 mins - will tweet links live.