{"id":82689,"date":"2018-03-14T16:39:57","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T09:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hkmc-says-its-mortgage-business-volume-rose-30pc-in-2017-indicating-that-it-is-actively-helping-first-time-buyers\/"},"modified":"2018-03-14T17:09:50","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T10:09:50","slug":"hkmc-says-its-mortgage-business-volume-rose-30pc-in-2017-indicating-that-it-is-actively-helping-first-time-buyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hkmc-says-its-mortgage-business-volume-rose-30pc-in-2017-indicating-that-it-is-actively-helping-first-time-buyers\/","title":{"rendered":"HKMC says its mortgage business volume rose 30pc in 2017, indicating that it is actively helping first-time buyers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nThe Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation reported its mortgage business volume rose 30 per cent last year to HK$32.3 billion, indicating that homebuyers were relying on the government-owned body for financial support as local property prices soar into the stratosphere.<br \/>\nThe HKMC said its mortgage business was up a further 20 per cent in the first two months of 2018 when compared to the year-earlier period.<br \/>\n\u201cThe fact that the HKMC has seen an increasing business volume in the mortgage insurance&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/banking-finance\/article\/2137193\/hkmc-says-its-mortgage-business-volume-rose-30pc-2017\" target=\"_blank\">HKMC says its mortgage business volume rose 30pc in 2017, indicating that it is actively helping first-time buyers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; The Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation reported its mortgage business volume rose 30 per cent last&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-lvH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":77989,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mortgage-approvals-at-a-five-year-low-as-the-number-of-london-renters-hits-30pc-for-first-time\/","url_meta":{"origin":82689,"position":0},"title":"Mortgage approvals at a five-year low as the number of London renters hits 30pc for first time","date":"January 25, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r \r \r Source : telegraph.co.uk\r Read more...Mortgage approvals at a five-year low as the number of London renters hits 30pc for first time","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":110673,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/weekly-mortgage-applications-rise-as-buyers-market-takes-hold\/","url_meta":{"origin":82689,"position":1},"title":"Weekly mortgage applications rise as buyer&#039;s market takes hold","date":"September 11, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Homebuyers are taking advantage of lower mortgage rates and a slow summer for sellers, and that is driving mortgage applications higher. 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