The following is issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority:
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced the results of the residential mortgage survey for June 2021.
The number of mortgage applications in June decreased month-on-month by 3.6 per cent to 15,326.
Mortgage loans approved in June increased by 3 per cent compared with May to HK$58.4 billion. Among these, mortgage loans financing primary market transactions increased by 15.9 per cent to HK$8.4 billion and those financing secondary market transactions decreased by 3.3 per cent to HK$39.2 billion. Mortgage loans for refinancing increased by 21.6 per cent to HK$10.8 billion.
Mortgage loans drawn down during June increased by 9.5 per cent compared with May to HK$39.1 billion.
The ratio of new mortgage loans priced with reference to HIBOR decreased from 96.8 per cent in May to 96.4 per cent in June. The ratio of new mortgage loans priced with reference to best lending rates increased from 1 per cent in May to 1.4 per cent in June.
The outstanding value of mortgage loans increased month-on-month by 1 per cent to HK$1,648.6 billion at end-June.
The mortgage delinquency ratio remained unchanged at 0.04 per cent and the rescheduled loan ratio remained unchanged at nearly 0 per cent.
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