In the second quarter in Scotland:
HOME buyers borrowed £2.5bn, up 35 per cent quarter-on-quarter and 18 per cent year-on-year. They took out 18,800 loans, up 30 per cent compared to the previous quarter and 15 per cent on the second quarter of 2016.
First-time buyers borrowed £1.1bn, up 29 per cent on the first quarter and 17 per cent on the second quarter last year. This totalled 9,500 loans, up 25 per cent quarter-on-quarter and 15 per cent year-on-year.