THE WEEK IN NUMBERS – 28th October 2015

22% – Annual fall in the number of mortgage complaints made to the FOS n Q3 2015, from 3333 in Q3 2014 to 2609 a year later.
48% – Proportion f renters who say they are unable to save even a penny towards a house deposit, according to a survey by Shelter.
11% – Amount by which sales of homes worth £1m or more fell annually in the first half of the year, which Lloyds says could be due to the new Stamp Duty rates introduced last December and uncertainty about the General Election.
£20bn – Gross lending in September, up 12% from a year earlier, according to the Council for Mortgage Lending.
£100bn – Value of London property raided by investors using overseas companies in the past 6 years, Private Eye says.
73% – Rents for 1 bedroom flats average over £1000 a month in three-quarters of London boroughs, according to the monthly Landbury rental index.