Banks Rethink Evergrande Mortgage Halt After HKMA Queries.

HONG Kong (China); FINLAND

Keywords: 11@HK; 2066@HK; 3333@HK; ONEX@CN; ALLTOP; ASIA; BON; BUSINESS; CHINA; COS; FIN; GLOBALMACR; GOV; HK; INDUSTRIES; MARKETS; REL; WORLD; WWTOP EN 11@HK 2066@HK 3333@HK ONEX@CN ALLTOP ASIA BON BUSINESS CHINA COS FIN GLOBALMACR GOV HK INDUSTRIES MARKETS REL WORLD WWTOP At least two of Hong Kong's biggest lenders are reconsidering halts on mortgages for China Evergrande Group's unfinished properties, after the decisions were questioned by the city's de facto central bank, according to people familiar with the matter. HSBC, Bank of China's Hong Kong unit and Hang Seng are the biggest mortgage lenders for unfinished residential projects in Hong Kong, with HSBC providing 25% of the loans in the market in June, according to mReferral Corporation (HK) Ltd., a mortgage referral company. [Extracted from the article]

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