Summary
The interest rate on housing loans stood at 5.572%, down by 0.019 percentage points (p.p.) from March 2008. The implicit interest rate on contracts signed over the last 3 months dropped by 0.064 p.p. to 5.308%. The average value of outstanding principal per contract increased €160 from March and the average loan repayments stood at €348, down by €2 from March.