Eurozone banks tighten lending standards for companies as demand for home loans falls sharply - Informat.ro

Euro area banks tightened their approval criteria for corporate and consumer loans in Q3 2026. Demand for housing loans recorded its sharpest net decline in three years, according to the ECB survey. For Q4, banks anticipate a further weakening in household demand, but almost no change in the case of companies. Euro area banks tightened their approval criteria for corporate and consumer loans in the third quarter of 2026, while demand for housing loans recorded its sharpest net decline since Q3 2023. The survey published on Tuesday, 27 October, by the European Central Bank (ECB) shows that the net housing-loan demand indicator fell from −15% to −27%.