The value of new forint home loans came to HUF 15.1 billion in April, down slightly from HUF 15.9 billion in March, but up from HUF 13.0 billion in the same month a year earlier. The value of new contracts was under the HUF 16.4 billion monthly average value for the twelve-month period to the end of March.
The value of new forint consumer loans in April reached HUF 18.8 billion, slipping from HUF 20.1 billion in March and HUF 23.7 billion in the same month a year earlier. The value of the contracts was also under the HUF 22.2 billion monthly average for the twelve-month period to the end of March.
The value of new euro- and Swiss franc-based lending was negligible in April because of a ban on foreign currency-denominated mortgage loans introduced by the government last summer. Swiss franc-based loans were once the most popular retail lending product in Hungary.
Households put HUF 881.6 billion into fixed deposits in April, down from HUF 980.5 billion in March and HUF 903.1 billion in the same month a year earlier.
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