The total balance of financing the real estate and construction sectors in the country witnessed a growth of 5.8%, recording an increase of 17.3 billion dirhams during 2018.

Let the cumulative balance of bank credit granted to these two sectors reach 315.4 billion dirhams at the end of last December, compared to 298.1 billion dirhams at the end of December 2017, according to data released by the Central Bank < / p> The financing portfolio is distributed over the two sectors by 243.6 billion dirhams for the real estate sector, and about 71.8 billion dirhams provided to the construction sector, the end of 2018.

As the central bank’s data shows, most of the increase in financing went to the real estate sector, which increased its balance by more than 14 billion dirhams during the past year.

where bank financing granted to real estate and construction accounts for approximately 18% of total bank deposits with banks operating in the country, which amounted to 1.755 trillion dirhams at the end of December 2018. < / p> According to the credit confidence questionnaire issued by the Central Bank at the end of last week, credit officials of banks and financial companies operating in the country during the last quarter of 2018 expected that the demand for real estate financing, It focuses on refinancing of existing loans, while the demand for housing financing, whether for the purpose of housing or for investment, will be nearly stable.