The following is issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority:

     The Hong Kong Monetary Authority announced the results of the residential mortgage survey for April 2022.

     The number of mortgage applications in April increased month-on-month by 20.5 per cent to 11 830.

     Mortgage loans approved in April increased by 10.1 per cent compared with March to HK$38.2 billion. Among these, mortgage loans financing primary market transactions decreased by 8.8 per cent to HK$5.7 billion and those financing secondary market transactions increased by 20.7 per cent to HK$23.4 billion. Mortgage loans for refinancing increased by 0.5 per cent to HK$9 billion.

     Mortgage loans drawn down during April decreased by 24.7 per cent compared with March to HK$19.3 billion.

     The ratio of new mortgage loans priced with reference to HIBOR increased from 97.1 per cent in March to 97.4 per cent in April. The ratio of new mortgage loans priced with reference to best lending rates decreased from 1 per cent in March to 0.8 per cent in April.

     The outstanding value of mortgage loans increased month-on-month by 0.1 per cent to HK$1,762.5 billion at end-April.

     The mortgage delinquency ratio remained unchanged at 0.04 per cent and the rescheduled loan ratio remained unchanged at nearly 0 per cent.

Ends/Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Issued at HKT 16:30

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