
Mortgage loans up 5.6% to $44b
Primary market transactions rose 19.2%.
Mortgage loans approved in June rose 5.6% month-on-month to $44 billion, the Monetary Authority announced.
Mortgage loans financing primary market transactions increased 19.2% to $10.2 billion, while those financing secondary market transactions decreased 10.4% to $19.5 billion. Those for refinancing increased 26.1% to $14.3 billion.
Mortgage loans drawn down during the month increased 13.4% to $32 billion.
The number of mortgage applications decreased 1.2% to 14,654.
The outstanding value of mortgage loans rose 0.9% month-on-month to $1.1609 trillion at the end of June.