“In December 2022, there was a surge of activity in the mortgage lending market, typical for the last month of the year.

Credit institutions provided 176.2 thousand ruble HMLs for a total amount of 696.9 billion rubles, which is a historical maximum in terms of issuance for the entire observation period, ”RIA Novosti quotes a statement from the regulator

It is specified that the previous record value was recorded in December 2021 - 641.3 billion rubles.

At the same time, it is specified that the number of issued mortgages decreased by 8.4% compared to December 2021.

Earlier, the 360 ​​TV channel reported that applications for participation in the Social Mortgage program will open for teachers in the Moscow Region on February 20.