Hong Kong Monetary Authority: The amount of new mortgage loans approved in March increased by 38.6% month-on-month to HK$40.1 billion.

On April 30, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority released the results of the residential mortgage survey for March 2026. The number of new loan applications in March increased by 26.9% compared to February, reaching 10,311 cases. The amount of new mortgage loans approved in March increased by 38.6% compared to February, reaching 40.1 billion Hong Kong dollars. Among them, loans approved for first-hand market transactions increased by 55.9% to 13.4 billion Hong Kong dollars; loans approved for second-hand market transactions increased by 36.1% to 23.4 billion Hong Kong dollars. As for loans approved for refinancing transactions, the amount increased by 5% to 3.3 billion Hong Kong dollars.