Number and volume of new mortgages granted with refinancing and increase
17.4
thousand; ytd
Number this year
75.8
CZK billion; ytd
Volume this year
Number and volume of new mortgages granted with refinancing and increase
CBA Commentary
In February, banks and building societies actually granted new mortgage loans without refinancing for CZK 29.7 billion. The volume of refinanced and increased loans (internally or from another institution) rose to CZK 10.8 billion in February. This is 53% above the average 7.1 billion refinanced last year and 176% above the 3.9 billion refinanced in 2024. The share of refinanced loans in total mortgage originations then rose to 26.7%, above last year's average of 20.7%. Overall, banks and building societies granted new and refinanced mortgages worth CZK 40.5 billion in February, 14.5% more than a month earlier. Their total volume so far this year has reached CZK 76 billion, which represents a 58% increase compared to January-February of the previous year.
Source of primary data
CBA Hypomonitor
Note
Includes new loans including refinanced and increased loans. A more detailed breakdown of the CBA Hypomonitor data is available in its monthly data supplement, see: https://www.cbamonitor.cz/publicistika/soubory/cba-hypomonitor-data
February ranked among the five strongest mortgage months ever in terms of volume in billions of crowns, but also with a continued strong number of new mortgage originations.
Comment by Jaromír Šindel, Chief Economist of the CBA: The Central Bank, through stricter requirements in the form of recommendations for investment mortgages, has decided to make a modest effort to correct mortgage demand on the real estate market, which remains very tight in terms of prices, mainly due to the supply side - see the drop in building permits.
Despite the slight correction, April continued to see strong volumes of new mortgages supported by another slight decline in the average mortgage rate to 4.65%.