Residential Mortgage Survey Results for February 2017
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The Hong Kong Monetary Authority announced the results of the residential mortgage survey for February 2017.
The number of mortgage applications in February decreased month-on-month by 0.1% to 9,904.
Mortgage loans approved in February decreased by 2.4% compared with January to HK$27.6 billion. Among these, mortgage loans financing primary market transactions increased by 0.8% to HK$6.9 billion and those financing secondary market transactions decreased by 3.5% to HK$13 billion. Mortgage loans for refinancing decreased by 3.4% to HK$7.7 billion.
Mortgage loans drawn down during February decreased by 16% compared with January to HK$21.1 billion.
The ratio of new mortgage loans priced with reference to HIBOR decreased from 93.5% in January to 93.3% in February. The ratio of new mortgage loans priced with reference to best lending rates increased from 2.6% in January to 3% in February.
The outstanding value of mortgage loans increased month-on-month by 0.4% to HK$1,130.9 billion at end-February.
The mortgage delinquency ratio increased slightly to 0.04% and the rescheduled loan ratio remained unchanged at nearly 0%.
Ends/Friday, March 31, 2017
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