People seeking property in Bristol are benefiting from improved deals being offered by mortgage lenders.
This is according to Paula John, editor of Your Mortgage, who said that there are an increasing number of banks and building societies offering higher loan-to-value products at present.
Her comments follow the release of figures by the Council of Mortgage Lenders, which showed that gross mortgage lending rose by 14 per cent in the UK last month.
The organisation revealed that loans for this purpose totalled £13.7 billion in December, compared with £12.1 billion in November.
Ms John claimed the jump reflects the improved conditions of the mortgage market.
Remarking on the restrictions that consumers had faced as a result of the credit crunch, she added: "People have just been sitting tightly on their hands, not wanting to move house and not being able to access finance because obviously they have had to get very big deposits."
