SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- South Korean banks' household lending rose for the sixth straight month due to strong demand for mortgage loan, the central bank's data showed Wednesday.
Debt owed by households to deposit-taking banks totaled 1,164.2 trillion won (841.3 billion U.S. dollars) at the end of July, up 2.8 trillion won from a month earlier, according to the Bank of Korea (BOK).
It continued to expand since February, but the July growth was lower than an increase of 6.2 trillion won in the previous month. ■
