Interest rates on new housing loans unchanged in January
Loans
Households’ new drawdowns of housing loans amounted to EUR 1.2 bn in January 2011, which was EUR 0.2 bn less than in December and EUR 0.2 bn more than a year ago in January. The average interest rate on new housing loan drawdowns remained unchanged at 2.17%. The stock of euro-denominated MFI housing loans to households expanded by EUR 0.1 bn on December, to EUR 76.9 bn at end-January. The annual growth rate of the stock of housing loans rose to 6.9%, from 6.8% in December. The average interest rate on the stock of housing loans rose by 0.01 percentage point from December, to 2.06% in January.
Deposits
The stock of household deposits contracted by EUR 0.3 bn on December, to EUR 77.4 bn at end-January. The average interest rate on the stock of household deposits was 0.88%. In January, households made new deposits with agreed maturity in the amount of EUR 2.3 bn. The average interest rate on new deposits with agreed maturity increased by 0.10 percentage point to 1.86%.
MFIs comprise all monetary financial institutions operating in Finland.
Loans and deposits comprise all euro-denominated loans and deposits vis-à-vis the euro area as a whole, with countries other than Finland accounting for a very small share of total volumes.
Key figures of Finnish MFIs' loans and deposits, preliminary data
November, EUR million |
December, EUR million |
EUR million |
January, 12-month change1, %
|
Average interest rate, % | |
Loans to households2, stock | 103.943 |
104.273 |
104.383 |
6.1 | 2.46 |
- of which housing loans | 76.436 | 76.747 | 76.885 | 6.9 | 2.06 |
Loans to non-financial corporations2, stock | 57.014 | 56.471 |
57.112 |
4.4 | 2.47 |
Deposits by households2, stock | 76.048 | 77.764 |
77.447 |
4.2 | 0.88 |
Households' new drawdowns of housing loans | 1.679 | 1.433 |
1.204 | – | 2.17 |
1 Rate of change has been calculated from monthly differences in levels adjusted for classification and other revaluation changes.
2 Households also include non-profit institutions serving households; non-financial corporations also include housing corporations.
- Euro-denominated deposits and loans of euro area residents: stock, 12 month rate of change and average interest rate
- Euro-denominated loans and deposits of Finnish households
- New business on loans and new drawdowns of household loans
- Finnish contribution to the euro area monetary aggregates and their main counterparts
- Analytical accounts of the banking sector (MFIs) in Finland
More information:
Elina Salminen, tel. +358 10 831 2343, email: elina.salminen(at)bof.fi
Kimmo Koskinen, tel. +358 10 831 2546, email: Kimmo.koskinen(at)bof.fi
Olli Alanko, tel. +358 10 831 2456, email: olli.alanko(at)bof.fi
Hanna Häkkinen, tel. +358 10 831 2552, email: hanna.hakkinen(at)bof.fi
The next news release will be published at 1 pm on Thursday 31 March 2011.