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Banks' real estate loans climb to 19.8% in 2024
The Philippine Star
|March 06, 2025
The exposure of Philippine banks and trust entities to the volatile property segment inched up to 19.8 percent of total loans in end-December 2024 amid the sustained expansion of property-related lending despite economic uncertainties.
Data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed that banks' real estate exposure went up from 19.6 percent in end-September last year. It marked the highest level in two months or since the 19.9 percent as of end-June 2024.
Investments and loans extended by the banking industry to the property sector stood at P3.31 trillion in end-2024, 5.1 percent higher than the P3.15 trillion seen a year ago.
Lending rose by 7.7 percent to P2.95 trillion in 2024 from P2.74 trillion in 2023. Commercial real estate loans rose by 6.9 percent to P1.85 trillion, while residential real estate loans grew by 10 percent to P1.1 trillion.
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