House purchase lending enjoyed a rise in August, according to figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders released today (October 11). In August, there were 52,000 loans advanced at a value of £7.9 billion, up from 48,700 (worth £7.2 billion) in July. In August 2010 51,000 house purchase loans were advanced at the value of £7.7 billion. CML said that …