Mortgage loans down 21.2%
May 31, 2023
Residential mortgage loans approved in April decreased 21.2% compared with March to $35.4 billion, the Monetary Authority announced today.
Mortgage loans financing primary market transactions increased 0.8% to $9.7 billion, while those financing secondary market transactions fell 29% to $21.3 billion.
Loans for refinancing also went down 17.5% to $4.4 billion.
Mortgage loans drawn down during the month dipped 6.5% to $17.1 billion.
The number of mortgage applications in April was 8,368, a month-on-month decrease of 27.6%.
The outstanding value of mortgage loans rose 0.2% to $1.8228 trillion at the end of April.