The Hong Kong Monetary Authority published the residential mortgage survey for April 2026. New mortgage applications fell 7.5% month on month to 9,541 cases, and newly approved lending decreased 9% to HK$36.5 billion. Lending in the primary market fell 20.3% to HK$10.7 billion, while re-financing loans rose 21% to HK$4 billion; newly utilised lending fell 16.1% to HK$22.6 billion. The proportion of loans priced on the Hong Kong Interbank Offered Rate fell from 83.7% to 77.8%, the delinquency ratio was 0.12%, and the ratio of restructured loans was close to 0%.
Why read this: Newly approved mortgage lending fell 9% month on month to HK$36.5 billion, while the delinquency ratio remained at a low 0.12%, with the figures verifiable against trends in the mortgage market.