Article: Mortgage loans closed reach new second-quarter high: New York thrifts' deposits, assets rise.

MORTGAGE LOANS CLOSED REACH NEW SECOND-QUARTER HIGH;

NEW YORK THRIFTS' DEPOSITS, ASSETS RISEIGH;

NEW YORK, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Mortgage loans closed in the second quarter of the year by the 98 reporting New York member institutions reached a new second-quarter high of $4.4 billion, the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York announced today.

Mortgage activity for the quarter was double the volume of $2 billion set in the same quarter of 1986, capping a record lending volume of $7.6 billion for the first half of this year. At the mid- point of 1986, volume reached $3.9 billion.

"Mortgage loan demand was very strong in ...

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