Category: Mortgages

  • China tells banks to start cutting rates on existing mortgages By Reuters

    BEIJING (Reuters) – The People’s Bank of China (China’s central bank) told commercial banks on Sunday to begin cutting interest rates on all outstanding home loans, in a sweeping move to help ease the mortgage burden on households hurt by the economic slowdown. All commercial banks must, in batches, cut…

  • Leumi mortgages chief: Foreigners’ home purchases back to peak

    The state needs to formulate a national emergency plan for the housing sector to deal with the rapid rise in housing prices, said Uri Yonisi, head of the mortgage department at Bank Leumi, at the Globes-Bank Leumi Mortgage Conference. “The basic condition for dealing with the crisis is to realize…

  • Leumi mortgages chief: Foreigners’ home purchases back to peak

    The state needs to formulate a national emergency plan for the housing sector to deal with the rapid rise in housing prices, said Uri Yonisi, head of the mortgage department at Bank Leumi, at the Globes-Bank Leumi Mortgage Conference. “The basic condition for dealing with the crisis is to realize…

  • Leumi mortgages chief: Foreigners’ home purchases back to peak

    The state needs to formulate a national emergency plan for the housing sector to deal with the rapid rise in housing prices, said Uri Yonisi, head of the mortgage department at Bank Leumi, at the Globes-Bank Leumi Mortgage Conference. “The basic condition for dealing with the crisis is to realize…

  • Leumi mortgages chief: Foreigners’ home purchases back to peak

    The state needs to formulate a national emergency plan for the housing sector to deal with the rapid rise in housing prices, said Uri Yonisi, head of the mortgage department at Bank Leumi, at the Globes-Bank Leumi Mortgage Conference. “The basic condition for dealing with the crisis is to realize…

  • China reportedly to cut interest rates on $5 trillion mortgages as soon as this month

    This is mainly aimed at further lowering borrowing costs and trying to boost consumption activity. China’s domestic demand conditions have suffered greatly since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic and there has been no significant recovery in this area despite the world returning to normal. The report says some banks…