The number of mortgage loans issued in Ukraine for three quarters of the year doubled

– up to 7 500 for UAH 6.1 bln ($225 mln). The total volume of the state program of preferential mortgages with lower interest rates recorded only 1287 applications and issued 903 loans worth UAH 776.6 mln. According to opendatabot.ua, in the first three quarters of this year 218,400 transactions for the purchase and sale of apartments and houses were concluded. Only 3.4% of housing in the country is purchased using mortgage finance.