The Council of Mortgage Lenders was an industry body representing

mortgage A mortgage loan or simply mortgage (), in civil law jurisdicions known also as a hypothec loan, is a loan used either by purchasers of real property to raise funds to buy real estate, or by existing property owners to raise funds for any ...

lenders in the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and ...

. Its members consisted of banks, building societies and specialist lenders and represented 95% of mortgage lending in the UK. In November 2015 it was confirmed that the Council of Mortgage Lenders would be merged with the British Bankers' Association, Payments UK, the UK Cards Association and the Asset Based Finance Association, following a review into financial trade bodies. It became part of the newly established UK Finance in July 2017.

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* Mortgage industry of the United Kingdom Housing in the United Kingdom Business organisations based in the United Kingdom Mortgage industry associations {{UK-finance-company-stub