The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (“ HKMA ”) announced the results of the April 2021 residential mortgage survey.
The number of mortgage applications in April fell 7.7% month over month to 16,568.
Mortgages approved in April fell 4.3% from March to HK $ 50.8 billion. Of these, mortgages financing primary market transactions declined 21.7% to HK $ 7.6 billion and those financing secondary market transactions increased 0.8% to 36 , 5 billion Hong Kong dollars. Mortgages intended for refinancing fell 6.4% to HK $ 6.7 billion.
Mortgages drawn in April fell 2.4% from March to HK $ 29.5 billion.
The ratio of new mortgages valued to HIBOR fell from 95.7% in March to 96.7% in April. The ratio of new assessed mortgages to best lending rates fell from 1.8% in March to 1.1% in April.
Outstanding mortgages rose 0.7% month over month to HK $ 1,616.4 billion at the end of April.
The mortgage default rate was unchanged at 0.04% and the rescheduled loan ratio was unchanged at nearly 0%.
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
May 31, 2021
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