Summary
The interest rate on housing loans stood at 1.817% in July, up by 0.014 percentage points compared with the previous month, increasing for the first time after 18 consecutives months of declining. The average loan repayments stood at €251, increasing €1 from June. The implicit interest rate on contracts signed over the last 3 months was 2.115%, up by 0.058 percentage points from the previous month, with the average loan repayments increasing €3 in the same period to €299.