SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Mortgage loans reached 13.9 billion reais ($2.58 billion) in October, up 84% over the same period in 2019, reaching a new record, mortgage lender association Abecip reported on Tuesday.
From January to October, loans from the banking system to finance the purchase and construction of real estate advanced 48.8% versus the same period a year earlier, to 92.7 billion reais, exceeding the total of all of last year.
($1 = 5.3900 reais)
(Reporting by Paula Laier, writing by Carolina Mandl)
