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

MORTGAGE LOANS CLOSED REACH NEW THIRD QUARTER HIGH;

NEW YORK THRIFTS' DEPOSITS, ASSETS RISEHIGH;

NEW YORK, Dec. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Mortgage loans closed in the third quarter of the year by the 97 reporting New York member institutions reached a new third quarter high of $4.8 billion, the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York announced today.

Mortgage activity for the quarter was 55 percent above the volume of $3.1 billion set in the same quarter of 1986, capping a record lending volume of $12.4 billion for the first nine months of 1987. In comparison, loan volume for the January-September 1986 span was $6.9 billion.

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