The Hong Kong Monetary Authority released the results of the Residential Mortgage Survey for July 2026, with new loan applications falling 24% month-on-month to 9,212 cases. New mortgage loans approved fell 11.4% to HK$44.8 billion, while new mortgage loans drawn rose 6% to HK$29.4 billion. The outstanding mortgage loan total increased 0.4% month-on-month to HK$1,963.5 billion, with a delinquency ratio of 0.11%.
Why read this: The figures are mainly month-on-month changes, allowing readers to check the increases and decreases in new applications, approvals and drawn loans, and whether the delinquency ratio of 0.11% remains at a low level.
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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.
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.
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The Insurance Authority published provisional statistics for the insurance industry in 2025, with gross premiums totalling HK$827 billion during the period, up 29.7% year on year. New business premiums for long-term business were HK$330.9 billion, up 50.6%; gross premiums for general business were HK$108.5 billion, up 8%, while overall underwriting profit was HK$11.4 billion, up 39.7%.
Why read this: The Insurance Authority released the total gross premiums along with breakdown figures for long-term and general business and their year-on-year changes, allowing readers to verify the actual growth in premiums and claims.
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The Insurance Authority released provisional statistics for the first three quarters of 2025, with gross premiums totalling $637 billion during the period, up 32.5% year on year. New business premiums for long-term business were $264.5 billion, up 55.9%; gross premiums for general business were $82.9 billion, up 10.5%, while overall operating profit was $10.1 billion, up 50.5%.
Why read this: The Insurance Authority breaks down premiums, claims and operating profits for long-term and general business separately, with year-on-year comparisons for all figures, allowing readers to check the actual trends across business segments.
The Insurance Authority announced that, three weeks after the fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po, insurance companies had paid out more than $257 million. There were 149 life insurance cases, of which 109 had been settled with payouts of about $41.5 million, while the remaining 40 were still being processed; general insurance covered 1,038 claims with payouts of about $204 million.
Why read this: The press release lists the number of claims and amounts for life and general insurance separately, allowing readers to verify how the total of over $257 million is made up, and sets out the views of the Insurance Authority and the Insurance Federation of Hong Kong.
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The Hong Kong Monetary Authority released the residential mortgage survey for September 2025. New mortgage approvals rose 9.4% month-on-month to HK$31.4 billion, while newly utilised mortgage loans increased 9.7% to HK$20.9 billion. New loan applications fell 1.1% month-on-month to 8,316 cases, and outstanding mortgage loans rose 0.2% to HK$1,891.4 billion. The mortgage delinquency ratio stood at 0.13%, while the ratio of restructured loans remained close to 0%.
Why read this: The release lists month-on-month changes in new applications, new approvals and new mortgage utilisation, together with the delinquency ratio, allowing readers to check mortgage performance in the property market in September.
The Insurance Authority published provisional statistics for the first half of 2025, with gross premiums totalling $423.4 billion during the period. New business premiums for long-term business were $173.7 billion, up 50% year on year; in-force long-term business premium income was $365.0 billion, up 33.7%; gross premiums for general business were $58.4 billion, with an overall underwriting profit of $6.5 billion.
Why read this: The figures are listed item by item for long-term and general business, with year-on-year changes, allowing key increases such as the 50% rise in new business premiums to be verified.