The Hong Kong Monetary Authority published the residential mortgage survey for May 2026. New loan applications rose 12.8 per cent month on month to 10,767 cases, while newly approved loan amount increased 10.1 per cent to HK$40.2 billion. Of these, HK$23.8 billion was approved in the secondary market, and refinancing rose 17.7 per cent to HK$4.7 billion. Outstanding mortgage loans increased 0.4 per cent month on month to HK$1,946.9 billion, with a default ratio of 0.11 per cent.
Why read this: The release sets out the month-on-month changes and amounts for new applications, approvals and take-up of mortgage loans, allowing comparison of changes in the primary, secondary and refinancing markets respectively.