Household loans from the top five banks only grew by KRW 1 trillion last month.

Last month, commercial banks' household loans increased by only 1 trillion won.

At the end of last month, the balance of household loans by KB Kookmin, Shinhan, Hana, Woori, and NH Nonghyup's five major banks was 733.33 trillion won.

It increased by KRW 1.2575 trillion from the end of October, the previous month, marking the second consecutive month of KRW 1 trillion growth.

Specifically, mortgage loans only increased by 1.32 trillion won.

This is a sharp drop compared to the 8.9 trillion won range in August, the largest ever.