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Residential mortgage loans approved in September decreased 2.6% compared with August to $52.9 billion, the Monetary Authority announced today. Mortgage loans financing primary market transactions rose 21.4% to $9.1 billion, while those financing secondary market transactions fell 9.8% to $32.7 billion. Those for refinancing increased 5.1% to $11.1 billion. Mortgage loans drawn down during the month rose 1.7% to $40.3 billion. The number of mortgage applications in September decreased month-on-month by 4.3% to 13,327. The outstanding value of mortgage loans increased month-on-month by 1% to $1.697 trillion at the end of September.
(The source: news.gov.hk) |
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