Article: Federal Home Loan Bank says mortgage loans acquired by 123 New York member institutions reached monthly high in December.

NEW YORK, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Mortgage loans acquired by the 123 New York member institutions reached a monthly high of $3.2 billion in December.

This volume is double the previous December record of $1.6 billion set just one year ago, the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York announced here today.

Mortgage loans acquired for 1986 amounted to $20.9 billion, a 71 percent increase over the previous 12-month record of $12.2 billion, established just last year. "Mortgage loans acquired" are total mortgage loans closed during the period analyzed, plus mortgage loans and participations purchased. Total assets grew by $1.3 billion in December, equalling ...

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