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Mortgage loan curbs push borrowers into credit loans, tightening financing for end users

As mortgage loan regulations expand, financing conditions for end users are tightening. Banks are increasingly turning borrowers away at the consultation stage, prompting some to cover shortfalls with credit loans. Demand has shifted to mutual finance lenders, but they are also restricting lending, while savings banks face tougher volume caps. Authorities have capped some savings banks’ household loan growth at 0 percent, raising concerns that borrowing is shifting from mortgages to higher-rate credit loans.

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Korean banks\' household loans return to growth after four months, up 500 million won

Household loans at South Korea\'s deposit banks rose in March for the first time in four months, increasing by 500 million won from the previous month to 1,172.8 trillion won, Bank of Korea data showed. Mortgage lending was flat at 934.9 trillion won, while other loans rose by 500 million won to 237.1 trillion won. Across all financial institutions, household loans increased by 3.5 trillion won in March, the Financial Services Commission and Financial Supervisory Service said.

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Tighter household debt cap adds double pressure on loans and property market

South Korea\'s financial authorities are tightening overall household debt controls, raising the prospect of wider effects on the property market. Regulators lowered the 2026 target for household loan growth to 1.5 percent from 1.7 percent a year earlier and set a longer-term goal of cutting the household debt ratio to about 80 percent of GDP by 2030. Rules for multi-homeowners\' mortgages will be tightened, while penalties for illegal or improper lending will increase.