The average interest rate on new housing loans fell slightly in February
Loans
Households' new drawdowns of housing loans in February 2012 amounted to EUR 1.4 bn. The average interest rate on new housing-loan drawdowns declined by 0.08 percentage point, to 2.38%. In February 80% of new housing loans were linked to Euribor rates. Fixed-rate housing loans accounted for 11% and loans linked to banks' own reference rates 8% of interest rates on new housing loans. In December 2011 as much as 12% of new housing loans were still linked to prime rates.
The stock of euro-denominated housing loans increased EUR 200 m in February, to EUR 82.1 bn at month-end. The average interest rate on the stock fell to 2.42%. The annual growth rate of the housing loan stock moderated from January, to 6.4% in February.
New loan agreements with non-financial corporations amounted to EUR 6.8 bn in February. The average interest rate on new corporate loan agreements fell to 2.32%, from 2.43% in January. The stock of euro-denominated loans to non-financial corporations increased by EUR 600 m in February, to EUR 61.6 bn at month-end. The average interest rate on the stock was 2.63%. The annual growth rate of the corporate loan stock accelerated to 7.4%, from 7.0% in January.
Deposits
The stock of household deposits contracted in February. At the end of the month the total stock of household deposits amounted to EUR 81.6 bn and carried an average interest rate of 1.03. Households concluded new agreements on deposits with agreed maturity to a total value of 2.1 bn in February, and the average interest rate on these fell to 1.89%, from 2.06 in January.
Notes:
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
| December, EUR million |
January, EUR million |
February EUR million |
February, 12-month change1, % |
February, Average interest rate, % | |
| Loans to households2, stock | 109.551 | 109.726 | 109.984 | 5.2 | 2.78 |
| - of which housing loans | 81.781 | 81.884 | 82.119 | 6.4 | 2.42 |
| Loans to non-financial corporations2, stock | 60.361 | 60.997 | 61.647 | 7.4 | 2.63 |
| Deposits by households2, stock | 82.612 | 81.894 | 81.636 | 5.5 |
1.00 |
| Households' new drawdowns of housing loans | 1.529 | 1.252 | 1.370 | – | 2.38 |
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:
Hanna Häkkinen, tel. +358 10 831 2552, email: hanna.hakkinen(at)bof.fi
Jussi Pajunen, tel. +358 10 831 2343, email: jussi.pajunen(at)bof.fi
The next news release will be published at 4 pm on 30 April 2012.